[Red in Blue PA]

All that he managed to achieve is to re-affirm what the gangs already know: they are well protected by the same rights as the rest of us are. And if someone breaks the law to get at them, that person will go to gaol. Which is (paradoxically) as it should be.

If a cop had done this exact shoot, the story would be spun about him being a hero. Yhere would be no question of jail.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> If a cop had done this exact shoot, the story would be spun about him being a hero. Yhere would be no question of jail.

Which, of course, is Wrong, and evil. If cops can’t be trusted not to shoot teenage punks in the back from 30 yards, they shouldn’t be trusted to patrol with firearms.

Here in NZ they do not patrol with firearms. We like it that way.