Posted on 02/05/2009 9:24:53 AM PST by Notoriously Conservative
A few of these patrolling our borders, maybe some rolling through some rougher neigborhood should do the trick. Hey here's an idea, give them to the Highway Patrol, then we'll see if people will start using their turn signals when they merge.
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Yeah ... I can’t wait for the unqualified trigger happy affirmative action cops to get their hands on it.
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Uhhh, no, I would NOT trust that weapon in the hands of cops.
This isn’t an affirmative action issue, it’s an awesome gun issue.
Mexican drug cartels will have it before our guys do.
Maybe we can use it on the Canadian geese here in NY area airports ?
So you suggest the highway patrolmen shred into bits those who refuse to use their turn signals?
Happiness is a belt fed weapon!
No, no, no. It’s simply a deterrence.
Wow! How many rounds per second does that thing do?
Happiness truly is a belt fed weapon.
“This isn’t an affirmative action issue, it’s an awesome gun issue.”
Who do you think will have their hands on the trigger of this “awesome gun”? Our public servants ... many of which couldn’t find their ass with both hands and a flashlight.
This is a military weapon that should remain out of the hands of civilian LEOs.
I’d be surprised if a few of the big SUVs in the Presidential motorcades aren’t already equipped like this...
I presume you are just leaving the sarcasm tags out of your posts on this thread. Giving LEO’s mini-guns is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard. Those things are best suited for military/national security applications.
Future weapon? Looks like a GE Mini Gun. Been around since the early ‘60s.
>> This is a military weapon that should remain out of the hands of civilian LEOs.
Sadly, the day has come when I tend to agree with your assessment. That’s after spending most of my life very pro-Police.
Going forward, I think we’re entering a phase where the chief role of the police will not be so much to protect the law-abiding from true criminals... but rather to keep society “in line” with the zillions of intrusive “laws” that are being forced on us every day.
In other words, I welcome enforcing laws against theft, assault, vandalism, murder, and so on. Who doesn’t?
But the future is a police force that enforces laws against eating the wrong stuff, burning the wrong stuff (or too much of the “accepted” stuff), thinking the wrong thoughts about protected classes of people, gathering where you shouldn’t and speaking out, owning the wrong kind of ammo, etc. etc.
Especially as an economy deteriorates, there will arise a divide between the “haves” (increasingly, those employed by the government, including police) and the “have-nots” (private sector, earning reduced wages if they can even stay employed). This will strengthen ties between the police and the politicians that feed them.
Kind of scary, if you ask me.
As far as arming our police, I think an excellent rule of thumb would be, any weapon the police can have, a law-abiding citizen can also own.
Want to give the police automatic weapons, armored cars, RPGs, and bazookas? Fine. Then a law-abiding citizen can also own these weapons for their own use.
You would be correct sir. I am dripping with sarcasm.
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