Firearms are a must have
Aug 3, 2012 08:09:04 #
ngc1514 wrote:
Firearms certainly didn't help this 92 year old wo... (show quote)
They should put these fine officers in the general population. :-)
Aug 3, 2012 08:40:04 #
RTR wrote:
I too would feel much safer if the POLICE didn't have guns. Police officers are some of the stupidist people on earth.
interpret this to mean you have had an interaction with the police where you didn't get your way.
Aug 3, 2012 09:05:47 #
sundancer2004 wrote:
interpret this to mean you have had an interaction with the police where you didn't get your way.
RTR wrote:
I too would feel much safer if the POLICE didn't have guns. Police officers are some of the stupidist people on earth.
interpret this to mean you have had an interaction with the police where you didn't get your way.
When I was young I didn't want to be anything but a cop. Thank God that never happened. Mind you I stay on the good side of the law.
I don't know about anywhere else, but here in NYC they are the laziest bastards on earth and a bunch of thieves to boot. They think that they can do whatever they want, they make the rules, and the law doesn't apply to them.
When one of them gets shot, although I know it's not not right, my heart jumps a little for joy.
I have nothing but contempt for them all. If I ever need one I'll do without, thank you!
Aug 3, 2012 09:07:36 #
skydiverbob wrote:
quote=sundancer2004 quote=RTR I too would feel m... (show quote)
I think I understand what you have said I feel sorry for you and believe you should seek medical treatment for your depression
Aug 3, 2012 09:09:51 #
Bangee5 wrote:
What do the Police there do when they see someone with a gun robbing someone or shooting others, Say, "Please don't do that", what do they do?
johnb20 wrote:
Like 'viscountdriver' I feel a lot safer knowing that the UK Police (generally) do not carry firearms. So if you ever see someone carring a gun you know they are the bad guys.
What do the Police there do when they see someone with a gun robbing someone or shooting others, Say, "Please don't do that", what do they do?
You make it sound like that sort of thing happens every day in the UK. It really doesn't. We have had shooting sprees in the past (all carried out with what were, at the time, legally held guns), and as a result most guns are banned. If you want to own a gun in the UK then you are pretty well restricted to a shotgun, and then you have to satisfy the police that you have a good reason for owning one - you're a farmer who needs to shoot vermin, for example. And there are all sorts of laws regarding gun safes etc. There are illegal guns around, I am sure, but even then most "armed" robberies are carried out with replica weapons which frighten and threaten but do not kill.
Aug 3, 2012 09:19:42 #
sundancer2004 wrote:
quote=skydiverbob quote=sundancer2004 quote=RTR... (show quote)
Thanks for the diagnosis Dr. Sundancer!
Aug 3, 2012 09:57:16 #
Croce
Loc: Earth
I feel that most police officers are very commendable, at least the ones I have interfaced with and one of my nicest and finest neighbors, just 2 homes away is a cop. My only gripe is with police funerals. Yes, I certainly believe fallen officers should be honored BUT ... I feel the same about our troops. In Arizona, if a police officer dies in the line of duty, a funeral procession of no less than 2000 (Yes!!) others with motorcyles and on foot will form the procession. Sometimes 3000 from around the entire state. Think of the effect and the hypocrisy of such a practice. Abandon your post. The funeral is more important than protecting the public and ... To hell with our troops. They are not as deserving as the police. I find it sickening.
Aug 3, 2012 09:58:07 #
Just so I have this right. You are saying, that every single police officer in NYC is stupid and ignorant. And you arrivedat this conclusion how? Like to know what your occupation is and if you feel the same towards yourself and your colleagues.
Aug 3, 2012 10:00:33 #
Croce wrote:
I feel that most police officers are very commenda... (show quote)
They didn't abandon their post, didn't know you they also have days off and come as representatives of thsir depart to pay respect. The ration for police per thousand of citizens is in the area of 1 per so many thousand. Hypocrisy is perhaps the wrong word to apply.
Aug 3, 2012 10:03:55 #
Bangee5 wrote:
What do the Police there do when they see someone with a gun robbing someone or shooting others, Say, "Please don't do that", what do they do?
johnb20 wrote:
Like 'viscountdriver' I feel a lot safer knowing that the UK Police (generally) do not carry firearms. So if you ever see someone carring a gun you know they are the bad guys.
What do the Police there do when they see someone with a gun robbing someone or shooting others, Say, "Please don't do that", what do they do?
Last time I looked, the robber was arrested on the spot, if he displayed a show of force against the law enforcement officers, he still was arrested but if the show of force was dealdy force, he was arrested in an inert position
Aug 3, 2012 10:36:58 #
Wabbit wrote:
Hey Doc ..... any idea how many of our service men were killed from friendly fire ..... the world is not perfect ..... survival of the fittest .....
Hey Doc ..... any idea how many of our service men were killed from friendly fire ..... the world is not perfect ..... survival of the fittest .....
...or survival of the best-armed?
Aug 3, 2012 10:55:31 #
Wabbit
Loc: Arizona Desert
papayanirvana wrote:
...or survival of the best-armed?
Wabbit wrote:
Hey Doc ..... any idea how many of our service men were killed from friendly fire ..... the world is not perfect ..... survival of the fittest .....
Hey Doc ..... any idea how many of our service men were killed from friendly fire ..... the world is not perfect ..... survival of the fittest .....
...or survival of the best-armed?
Hey Doc ..... hum ..... doesn't hurt but neither does common sense .....
Aug 3, 2012 11:27:46 #
The cops must be smarter now, they are required to have a degree these days. Gone are the good old boys who would grab a law breaker and beat the hell out of them and teach them a lesson so to speak. NOW they are mostly a bunch of educated as*&%!#$ that pulls out the weapon of choice and pulls the trigger until it no longer makes any more loud noise. Dead crooks can't sue and can't testify. Personally I don't feel any safer when I see weapons on ANYBODY, irregardless who or what they are, unless they are in my "sights"!
Aug 3, 2012 11:44:04 #
Back when we still lived in town, my wife was home alone. She heard a man violently rattling the door, trying to get in. She called the police, then grabbed a pistol. Apparently the man did not want to be in the house once my wife pointed the .357 at him through the window, he left. When the officer arrived 40 minutes later, he explained that he was 35 miles away.
Guns kill people? This one may have saved my wifes life.
Guns kill people? This one may have saved my wifes life.
Aug 3, 2012 11:51:14 #
sundancer2004 wrote:
Just so I have this right. You are saying, that every single police officer in NYC is stupid and ignorant. And you arrivedat this conclusion how? Like to know what your occupation is and if you feel the same towards yourself and your colleagues.
I came to this conclusion from personal experience over the course of 40 odd years. During that time there were numerous situations where their assistance was necessary and they shirked their responsibility. And other times they clearly had broken the law and their actions were covered up immediately by other boys in blue.
My depressed state is in need of some photography. Isn't that what we came here for?
And the last time I checked I was entitled to express my feelings.
Can we please get back to the photography forum...
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