Amid the clamor for homeland security, here`s a plan that sounds like a political cinch: Let off-duty and retired police officers carry their firearms anywhere in the country, giving antsy Americans a new, no-cost layer of protection. A bipartisan House majority likes the idea. So do scores of law enforcement groups. Yet it`s going nowhere, thanks to one rather important opponent--House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner Jr.
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