Can You Believe This !!!!
Aug 25, 2014 11:41:55 #
mwalsh wrote:
True that! br br Top ten metro areas probably hav... (show quote)
The other side of the coin is that the LOOTERS finally were stopped when the owners took out their own shoguns and stood firm in front of their shops.
Aug 25, 2014 18:27:13 #
I agree with you on this.
Our policemen need more effective firepower. When I was a reserve officer I carried my own weaponry and ammunition at my expense. The chiefs always asked me if I was expecting an armed invasion to which I answered, "It's better to carry a condom and not need it than to need one and not have it.
I only had to use my superior firepower once to get 3 perps to give up. That was my M-14 with 7.62X51 full metal jacketed rounds fired completely through both sides of their car and into a brick wall behind them. I discharged one magazine of 20 rounds and we yelled out that I would switch to full automatic firing and spray the entire car. They threw out 3 handguns and 2 knives before screaming at the top of their lungs not to fire again and stood up with their arms straight up in the air with palms open. No clenched fists!
Overkill yes, anyone hurt, NO! Police 3, perps 0, happy ending to the story. Zero collateral casualties.
Aug 25, 2014 18:29:17 #
Blurryeyed wrote:
Just take a look at how search warrants are being served in this country for all kinds of nonviolent offenses... No, the police have gone much to far along the path of militarization. The have new toys and use them in all the wrong circumstances.
Police officers that have misused their power do not need to be on the force. With superior firepower comes superior responsibility!
Aug 25, 2014 18:30:25 #
mwalsh wrote:
True that! br br Top ten metro areas probably hav... (show quote)
Not for the city streets of an urban neighborhood.
Aug 25, 2014 18:36:22 #
Big Bill wrote:
" i Does the incumbent realize that many LEOs... (show quote)
Bill,
Not necessarily so. I was in the Marine Corps for a total of 7+ years in the 60's and 70's. I received infantry officer training but was a pilot and then an Air Traffic Control Officer. It's the person behind the trigger that must make the split second decision that may either maim or kill the person in front of the barrel. You must do so mostly in a split second. Wartime combat is one thing, fellow American Citizens is another. They are not interchangeable terms. A former military trained veteran now a police officer is less apt to kill a fellow American than possibly wound him enough to incapacitate him. He is aware of the difference between a perp and an enemy combatant.
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