I shall reply with a refreshed and enlightened effort.
My take on the OP was that it assisted in stating that perps, be they street or religious or nationality related, should not be thought of as just dumb trigger pullers in an action movie mode.
I believe your inferring that any police do not need what they have as equipment to deal with criminals, ok... you seem to be making a play at them using it against the general population that are not criminals... a little off topic, but ok as it is always good to watch what is going on with legal rights.
“dead police officers are statistically rare” - if you try that line of statement, best hope there are no past or serving police or family that have lost a loved one to a perp reading your effort, I have rode in remembrance to many local and national funerals for fallen police killed in the line of duty... your comment on statistics helps me make the choice to ride to the next one as well, just in case I can celebrate that it shall be the last one, statistically speaking.... /s
I hope you have a good day, and sadly, I post a link and info ...
According to the Officer Down Memorial Pages, about 50 officers die by gunfire from perps a year on average, sure glad they are accommodating your statistically rare statement, bad luck about the loved ones they left behind. http://www.odmp.org/
if you have an axe to grind against the police, that is your right, I will defend that, if you feel like grinding that axe in my direction, I shall allow you to do that as well, but please, stay on topic of the OP, else I will dismiss it to an obvious degree.
EL
Your comment and links prove Edd's point. Of course it's bad when an officer is killed, but such happenstances are indeed statistically VERY rare in a nation the size of the US. Fifty per year in a nation of 300,000,000 citizens??? Not even a statistical blip.