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Section 107
It is not because he was in a position of considerable trust (because many guvmint employees are in positions of considerable trust - just like Ed Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Aldrich Ames, Richard Nixon, the Honorable Mrs. and Mr. Bill Clinton and the list goes on and on) as much as it is that he is a person carrying considerable risk of danger of attack because of his government position and therefore should be allowed, if desired, the opportunity to be equipped to defend himself in the same way LEOs are upon retirement.
Lots of people hate/hated Snowden, Nixon and the Clintons. And lots of other people are hated by millions of other people too. That makes for a lot of people who "should be the allowed the opportunity" to fly in the same way as retired LEOs.
How often are retired LEOs checked for having it mentally together? Don't more LEOs in the US commit suicide than get killed by felons? How does the suicide rate of retired LEOs compare with the suicide rate of pre-retirement/active LEOs?