[from occupied ga]

The ammunition is legal, it's just a reminder the dangerous new threats police officers constantly face.

I get sooo sick of hearing about threats to the police. They're a lot safer in their jobs than a lot of other professions. Often police work doesn't even make the top ten for dangerous professions, and is always beaten by construction work, landscape work, truck driving, commercial fishing, and electrical work, just to name the few I can remember.

Further who cares? Why should threats to police be any more worrysome than threats to anyone else? Is somehow the death of a convenience store clerk or a cab driver less important than the death of a cop? Do they mean less to their families? Are they second class citizens because they aren't government minions?

I once did the statistics for police work vs an ordinary citizen on both Baltimore and Detroit. It turned out that you had a higher chance of getting murdered if you weren't a cop in both of these places. So for at least Detroit and Baltimore police work was safer than being an average citizen.

[ninonitti]

I've always respected roofers and the unbelievable sacrifices they make in their line of duty. Way higher on the job mortality list too!

They just don't have enough roofing shows on teevee.

[wtc911]

Boy are you right! Remember that shootout after the bank robbery in LA? All those construction workers and landscapers rushing to face down the thugs with body armor and AKs.

Hell, they had to knock over the QuickMart clerks and fishermen just to get a piece of the action.

[DaveArk]

Don’t forget fighter pilot. My life insurance was double the rate for anyone else. :)