I don't follow your reasoning at all. You say that you feel safer knowing that "all those .45's are off the street"- this discussion is about POLICE .45's, not criminal .45's. The criminals still have theirs. And they're NOT off the street. Sleep well.
Yeah. I know. I didn't put a sarcasm tag in my post because I didn't figure one was needed.
But we are talking about Portland and the water gets a bit muddy when when one worries about getting shot there and by whom, so I was only half joking. That's probably the source of confusion.