Posted on 10/07/2007 10:23:40 AM PDT by janetjanet998
Edited on 10/07/2007 10:34:41 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Let’s hope. I forget which one but I was reading that one of our neighbors across the pond went this route. Scary.
Could be. Most cops are always armed, on or off duty, but that might not be true of a young dude going to a party of his peers. OTOH, I'd think it would be. Especially if, as reported, he was dating the ex of another officer, who he probably knew was wrapped a little too tight, even if, as seems likely, he didn't know just how tight.
All in all, a smell of a hess.
Take his badge, Jim.
totally wrong guess-timate by me
BUT
maybe tomorrow we find some drug involvement
Yep, I think it was England, IIRC right now... (Kinda tired here... LOL). No guns allowed even for the police. VERY scary if you ask me...
I don't buy it for a minute; my bet is it was just posturing. What do you bet his vote was on The Arms Control and Disarmament Act (PL 87-297) passed by voice vote in 1961?
Did you miss the /s> ?
Wow! You picked up on that one. The Act was the first eye opener on what really is going on regarding the UN/Socialist takeover of our Republic. And Humphrey did have his hands in it. It’s still being kicked around IIRC.
“”Yep, I think it was England, IIRC right now... (Kinda tired here... LOL). No guns allowed even for the police. VERY scary if you ask me...””
Nah I live here. It’s not scary at all. We don’t have the gun crime rate and gun murder rate that America has (thankfully). Brits have never known the average policeman on the street to have guns so what you’ve never had you never miss.
I’m perfectly happy with the status quo. I’ve never encountered anybody with a gun and I don’t know anybody who has encountered anybody with a gun.
It’s just not a big problem here. Sure, gun murders do happen but it’s an infinately small ratio compared to the U.S.A.
The average copper on the street, unless in certain areas, have no need to carry guns in England.
We do have SWAT like teams and other branches of the police that carry guns though but not your average bobby.
You think policeman not carrying guns in England is scary? Fair enough. Conversely I think the gun murder rate in the U.S.A is scary. Incidents like this latest one are all too common in America. Very very scary.
Honestly, it’s NOT as common as it would seem. You have to consider the numbers... The population of the entire United States is enormously larger than that of England. Also, IIRC aren’t your knife murder rates rather high now? I remember the legislature considering banning knives in England, much to the chagrin of butchers and chefs...
England also does not have some of the same social problems that we deal with in the U.S.. Granted, there are some immigrants, but it’s not like what we deal with here in the U.S. coming into the country from Mexico (i.e. Drug dealers and gang members). Also, we deal with gang violence in our cities and it’s almost WORSE in those cities that HAVE gun control laws... (i.e. Chicago, Denver, etc...). I never heard a gun shot on a street until I lived in West Denver — and then it was almost nightly... (I lived in a low-income, mostly Mexican area of the city that had HUGE problems with illegal immigration, drugs, crime, and gangs...). I NEVER encountered any of that outside some parts of the cities I lived near.
The media makes it sound like these things happen ALL the time — which it doesn’t. You also have to consider how many law-abiding citizens own guns in our country that NEVER make the news, or are able to protect themselves from those who mean to do them harm (Those stories almost NEVER make the news and happen a LOT more than things like the one today...).
Anyway... I’m glad to know you at least have S.W.A.T. teams when needed — especially in light of the terrorist events there... I just worry that someday you all might come across a situation where a S.W.A.T. might be too late, and an armed bobby could’ve prevented a massacre...
Thank you for updating the Original post. :)
Right. We need to look especially hard at 20 year olds with no prior military experience. Most 20 year olds I know are not emotionally mature enough to handle domestic dispute situations, especially when it involves them personally.
Wunnerful! Okay on Nigeria, I’ll need your account number and password.
SSRI’s and/or anabolic steroids?
Coroner’s report might be interesting.
If you'd like two articles that give you a feel for how long liberty has been under attack try these:
Has it been posted yet, I haven’t seen it, whether this LEO perp was using an officially issued firearm or one of his own?
That will I’m sure change legal issues as they unfold.
Officials are very tight lipped right now. I sense some major butt covering going on right now.
Expect new developments regarding this story. All is not as it seems.
You have yet to make an intelligent, insightful or sane comment on this forum. You are batting .000.
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