Mark,
Re your question below:
> In George Pelecanos' Sweet Forever one of the
major
> charaters, Kevin
> Murphy, is a cop. At one point he parks his car
near
> his house, leaves his
> gun in the car, and walks to a bar. Does
anybody
> know if that rule [packing a gun on or
off-duty]was
> still in effect in 1986, the time of the
book?
It may have still been in effect (and may still be in effect;
it's a fairly common regulation in US police forces).
However, some cops observe such regs in the breech, so
whether or not it was in effect, the character's actions in
SWEET FOREVER are not improbable.
JIM DOHERTY
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