Excerpt from: Washington Post
December 15,2010
An important figure in the national gun debate is the Washington lobbyist for the nation's largest police officers union, the Fraternal Order of Police. James O. Pasco Jr., as national executive director for the union, worked against the nation's big-city mayors and police chiefs in 2007 when those groups launched a major campaign to reverse a decision by Congress that kept federal records about guns used in crimes from being made public. The FOP's backing was crucial in deflecting the chiefs' criticism that the secrecy undermined crime fighting. "It was very effective," said Arkadi Gerney, special assistant to New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who has crusaded for tougher gun laws.
