Because if ordinary people are allowed to carry guns, there will be a lot more news items like this…

An apparent booze-fueled dispute over loud music between two groups at a Chino campground over the weekend escalated to the point where men from both sides drew guns and opened fire.

It’s those damn redneck inbred white hillbillies, bitterly clinging to their guns and religion while compensating for their small dicks! I’m telling you, if we allow these people to just pack heat anywhere they want we’ll be seeing a lot more of this sort of thing.

↑ A completely typical encounter with an untrained civilian gun owner↑

This is why the monopoly on violence needs to be held by police officers. Police are picked! Police are trained! Police are…

Wait. I’m sorry, what?

It turns out that the rival gun-toting campers were both Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies. Authorities suspect the off-duty cops learned they were colleagues only after their campground showdown. Chino police officers were called to Prado Regional Park early Sunday morning. They arrested the deputies — Dejay Barber, 44, and Matthew Rincon, 24 — on suspicion of negligent discharge of a firearm.

Oh. Um…

Well, but still! See, even should there be isolated incidents where a few bad apples might misbehave, they’re held to a higher standard so strict administrative punishment will immediately justify the public’s confidence and dependence on…

What?

Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore said both deputies have been relieved of duty with pay.

Oh. So…no punishment. Well.

Yeah, but…isolated inci…

This isn’t the first time in recent years that violence has broken out between deputies from the agency. (rattles off at least four appalling incidents in very recent history)

Well…

But…

Never mind.