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" Does this help?"

No it does not; Simply because there are more innocents killed by cops than cops killed criminals. The fact is that you are more likely, as a law abiding citizen to have a loaded gun pointed at you by a police officer than by a criminal. Think about it...

"The fact is that you are more likely, as a law abiding citizen to have a loaded gun pointed at you by a police officer than by a criminal. Think about it..."

This is quite the accusation and I hope you have the statistics to back it up. Otherwise, please refrain from assuming anything.

And I'll use my experience with cops and criminals as unscientific data (you seem to appreciate such proof, thus far). I have had a gun in my face on two separate occasions because criminals put it there. I have yet to experience this with a cop, in fact, one of our local officers suggested (unsolicited) a number of self-defense firearms in which I might be interested when I picked up my concealed carry permit.

The positive encounters I have had with law enforcement far outweigh the negative, and this seems to be the general consensus among those I know.

If you are so miffed about the police power, then do something about it. Get your butt in gear and do some voting and attend some city council/selectmen's meetings.

Also, it would do you some good to get to know a cop or two.

Simply because there are more innocents killed by cops than cops killed criminals. The fact is that you are more likely, as a law abiding citizen to have a loaded gun pointed at you by a police officer than by a criminal. Think about it...

By this logic, America would be better off without a police force than with one... oh but wait, perhaps New Orleans is a prime example of how without a police force, everybody has a loaded gun pointed at you. Your statistic only supports the fact that police officers are doing their jobs... if that many private citizens aren't shooting people, obviously somebody's keeping America in line.

By the way, nothing in this post supports the crookedness of the very few cops who really do give a bad rep for the police force. You don't assume that your postman/woman carries an assult rifle on them b/c a few lunatic gives a whole new meaning to "going postal", now would you? Get off your "anti-cop" fix, you're being completely naive and irrational.

No it does not; Simply because there are more innocents killed by cops than cops killed criminals. The fact is that you are more likely, as a law abiding citizen to have a loaded gun pointed at you by a police officer than by a criminal. Think about it...

Please explain your sources for these assertions. I understand your logic on this, but I think your source of information is bad.

I looked into this once and came up with a ratio of about two cops killed by criminals for each innocent person killed by cops.

I believe that your assertion that a person is far more likely to have a cop point a gun at them than a criminal is wrong as well. It might be correct in certain jurisdictions, or for certain groups, but overall... I don't see any evidence to support that contention.