Any issues for LEO's buying Taurus Judge?

[brianinca]

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Also considered an assault rifle/shotgun b/c of the cylindrical magazine (i.e like the famous street sweeper)
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This is what the Superior Court judges in my county were told when they went to the Sheriff to see if they could get them. All the judges and retired judges I know (10?+) carry, and back in Nov I had a very interesting conversation about the Judge series with a couple of them. The P229 and the Kimber super-carry-zaptastic two of them had were part of the conversation, followed by "too bad we can't carry JUDGE'S!!!" I was a buzz kill because I offered that a 410 was a piss poor substitute for a real defensive cartridge and that you'd have to be out of you mind to CCW a Judge.

If the local gun-nut judges don't think a Judge is legit, y'all are screwed if you come before them trying to justify having one, let alone CCW with one.

Regards,
Brian in CA

[halifax]

Yes, there are several ffl's in ca who have sold large numbers of Taurus judge firearms to law enforcement officers...

Any repercussions?

[AJAX22]

I dont know enough to comment on repercussions.

[pcesar]

Local gun loving Judge did not know that he could not get a Judge revolver? He had to be told by the Sheriff? Judges are not exempt from the DOJ roster so if he is a gun nut, he should have known he could not get a non rostered gun let alone a Judge revolver. Please correct me if I read your post wrong. If a Judge, who is suppose to be the all knowing about laws has to be told by the Sheriff that he could not own a certain type of firearms, then why should citizens be screwed to go before him? Sounds like this is a Judge I would like to go infront of.

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Also considered an assault rifle/shotgun b/c of the cylindrical magazine (i.e like the famous street sweeper)
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This is what the Superior Court judges in my county were told when they went to the Sheriff to see if they could get them. All the judges and retired judges I know (10?+) carry, and back in Nov I had a very interesting conversation about the Judge series with a couple of them. The P229 and the Kimber super-carry-zaptastic two of them had were part of the conversation, followed by "too bad we can't carry JUDGE'S!!!" I was a buzz kill because I offered that a 410 was a piss poor substitute for a real defensive cartridge and that you'd have to be out of you mind to CCW a Judge.

If the local gun-nut judges don't think a Judge is legit, y'all are screwed if you come before them trying to justify having one, let alone CCW with one.

Regards,
Brian in CA

[CSACANNONEER]

Local gun loving Judge did not know that he could not get a Judge revolver? He had to be told by the Sheriff? Judges are not exempt from the DOJ roster so if he is a gun nut, he should have known he could not get a non rostered gun let alone a Judge revolver. Please correct me if I read your post wrong. If a Judge, who is suppose to be the all knowing about laws has to be told by the Sheriff that he could not own a certain type of firearms, then why should citizens be screwed to go before him? Sounds like this is a Judge I would like to go infront of.

Judges do not know every law. They do research when they need to. I'm sure that there is not one judge in this country who knows every law that pertains to their jurasidiction.

I had dinner with a Los Angeles Superior Court judge just over a month ago and, she asked me about getting a "Judge" for a CCW gun. Her son had recommended it to her. She felt that because he had served in Iraq, he must know what he is talking about. I educated her about California laws on this particular subject. She now knows better than to try to get one into Ca. It's not worth her carreer, pension, freedom, etc. Personally, I did not mind educating her or find it the least bit odd that she did not know much about it.