Posted on 02/29/2016 7:40:59 PM PST by Olog-hai
Parisian police will be given assault rifles and Kalashnikov-resistant shields in a first for the French capital's officers nearly four months after a devastating terror attack killed 130 people, the interior minister said on Monday.
The weapons, up until now reserved for elite intervention forces, will allow members of certain police units "to intervene as fast as possible to reinforce the first patrols, notably when we are confronted with mass killings," said the minister Bernard Cazeneuve.
"Some of the criminals you are confronted with no longer hesitate to use heavy weapons against you, and you must be equipped with the means to fire back, and adequate protection," Cazeneuve told officers at a Parisian police station.
The anti-criminal (BAC) police units, who most often operate in plain clothes, will be given 204 Heckler and Koch G36 assault rifles, some 1,800 bullet proof vests and 241 shields that are resistant to Kalashnikov bullets. ...
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Oh that’s rich. A bunch of CITIZENS get killed and its not the citizens that get armed, it is the police who were there too late anyway.
He said he plans for officers to be able to respond to a terror attack within 20 minutes -
C’est vrai.
This is France we’re talking about.
They never have had a history where the government liked the idea of armed citizens.
130 bodies too late.
One armed citizen could have stopped it all.
20 minutes is enough time for the terrorists to complete their attack. Socialist countries don’t trust their citizens with firearms.
you people always rain on my parade with logic.
though hardcore supporter of 2nd amendment, the only ones I new growing who had them were cops and wiseguys.
Finally shot an M4, glock and SCAR in Vegas and it was great!
There was a survey reported on another thread about Mexico. Three-fourths of the respondents said they did not want guns for self-defense. Enlightenment only seems to come when the bullet meets the bone.
Quand les secondes matière, les gendarmes sont minutes en loin.
LOL.
Shooting is great. I like living out my 2nd Amendment Rights. Was that the SHOT show? If so, I’m jealous.
“A few bullets going the other way and it would have been very different...”
- Donald Trump
Arming the cops is a start (as ludicrous a statement as that is)
English
It’s just the old saw repeated on here, “When seconds count, the police are minutes away”.
I don’t know if its socialism, per se. It seems like
every other country but us suppresses gun ownership. But then, every other country including us has elements of socialism, too.
When seconds count, the police are minutes away.
The article says they were provided the assault rifles for WHEN (not IF) they are confronted with mass killings.
Seems like they should just get rid of the migrants. Duh.
nah, it was just a place called Vegas Guns.
bought the M4 package at the last minute. It was GREAT.
Marines who formerly served were the teachers.
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