Posted on 11/29/2008 11:17:52 AM PST by Leisler
I don’t doubt that. But we are talking about what amounts to Security Guards at a train station in India. Poorly trained, and paid. Not the same thing.
You are absolutely right. When Columbine was going down I caught it live and saw the neat lines of SWAT doing nothing. Being active LEO (at the time) I was screaming at the TV, "GO INSIDE THE BUILDING!!"
Yet, our brave SF and spec. ops teams went in Granada with hand-drawn and inaccurate tourist maps, bad comm and didn't hesitate to make contact and do battle with the enemy.
SWAT is no different, they are to seek out and if necessary destroy, they wanted the neat militarized gear and goodies, now USE IT! Same with any beat cop, you've got the training and the deadly force, when the chips are down USE IT! I'm always armed and my mindset is, "what if, what if...", keeps you thinking and looking at objects not as buildings and furniture but cover and firing positions.
That would be Virginia Tech.
True.
Which raises a question. Why are cops militarized? Why do they refer to their fellow citizens as ‘civilians’? Why do they have military rank?
Why did we have a Sheriff system and why did we create at the end of the 1800’s a Police system?
If not military, who are the militarized cops military to?
From the description, these were not trained commandos. Reason? They were firing from the waist and the death toll would have been much higher.
I’m not going to compare Cops in India guarding a train station to LA Cops or the FBI. They aren’t as well trained, they aren’t as well paid, they aren’t as well led. There is no comparison. These were soft targets for a reason. The Indian Army showed it’s mettle, and I was glad to see it.
Let's go up against guys known to be shooters, killers that like shotguns and assault type weapons.......with pistols.
Firing from the waist is a longtime terrorist tactic. Why? You hit people who are standing, falling and kneeling. More casualties. They are there to put two in the chest and one in the head.
The cops probably had little or no ammo. Sorta like being on gaurd duty at the motor pool when I was in the army. Rifle and pistol but no ammo. When we were at the ammo dump on gaurd duty we got three rounds each.
“Let’s Roll!” bump
Thanks.
Meant to say they AREN'T THERE...
I remember that.
A muslim savage did shoot and kill a bunch of innocent civilians during Valentine's Day shopping. It was February 13, 2007, and it was Salt Lake City, Utah.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54247
You know what the problem is now? The usual suspects all over the world are studying this.
Hollywood incident: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shootout
The Wiki page does not note that officers ran into a local gun shop to obtain AR-15 type rifles and other high powered arms to try to keep the bad guys bottled up.
http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-237519.html
Miami incident: http://www.thegunzone.com/11april86.html
Effin cowards.
Next time the terrorists will probably wear Kevlar like the Hollywood bank robbers. I’m surprised they weren’t wearing it for this mission.
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