Posted on 03/23/2008 8:55:39 AM PDT by decimon
I agree, I see that as a real problem too.
I’m surprised the AP included this critical tidbit:”When she pointed her gun at the two nearest deputies”.First:as far as i’m concerned,at that point she crossed the line from being a threat to herself to being a threat to law enforcement.Whether LE used 9mm autos vs .223 to protect themselves is irrelevant.Second:criminals have access to,and use assault rifles.How can anyone argue that LE should be deprived of adequate firepower?Not too many yrs ago i recall two bank robbers(LA?)w full auto AK’s+body armor.The cops had to borrow high powered rifles from area gun shops to put them down.While i’m on my soapbox,if i were LE i’d like to have at least one of the new(semi-auto).50cal sniper rifles in the armory-just in case:)
In 2007, according to preliminary numbers compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, 69 officers were shot to death, up from 52 in 2006 and the most in five years. Last year included six shootings where two or more officers were killed in the same event, fund spokesman Kevin Morison said.
Exactly ONE of those 69 was shot by someone using an "assault weapon". Source NLEOMF (PDF).
I can find this out with google and three minutes; disgustingly typical that the AP just leaves a lie like that standing.
Oops.Correction to my previous post-LA incident already mentioned.
” mass shootings of civilians by heavily armed gunmen.”
(should read) “mass shootings of unarmed civilians by heavily armed gunmen.”
There, fixed it.....
“If you get into a fire fight, you want to be the winner,”
Got that part correct.
It does not bode well for We The People in the long run
The Posse Comitatus Act was established to prevent just this sort of thing. What law enforcement agencies are doing around the country is illegal.
Hence the saying "When seconds count, the police are only minutes away"
No modern government anywhere in the world today is going to give a man a useful gun without also having a stranglehold on his wallet.
... but will show up after the fact to draw chalk lines around those of us who werent prepared to defend ourselves.
Reminds me of this:
“Those that beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those that don’t.” Thom. Jefferson
> Call it the Anton Chigurh effect ! (Movie "No Country For Old Men")
Deceptive, perhaps.
...in 2007, according to preliminary numbers compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, 69 officers were shot to death, up from 52 in 2006 and the most in five years.
Five years back from 2007 is 2002 when the assault weapons ban was in effect.
Their problem isn't lack of firepower, it's lack of training. There's very little police need to be doing that can't be done with a service pistol, and the rest can be done with the shotgun.
Handing out automatic rifles to untrained cops who couldn't get it done before isn't going to make them effective, it's going to make them miss even more dangerously and often in the 10 or 20 foot confrontations that make up the policing they actually do.
If they want to play commando with black rifles so badly, the place for that is Iraq not Mayberry.
These are NOT high-powered rifles. The reason hollow points are used and have ben for a long time is to prevent over penetration to make them safer for the innocent standing around. I hate thre MSM liars and stupid dopes.
As for police dept. gearing up... Are they doing anything along the lines of serious sniper equipment and training? A single well-aimed round can often end a bad situation.
Same thing happened in the 20s&30s.
Woop D freakin do!
Bonny and Clyde loved the BAR!
“Handing out automatic rifles to untrained cops....”I wasn’t aware they weren’t trained.I simply assumed.My bad:(
I thought that statute was instituted to prevent federal military personnel under federal authority from acting as state or local law enforcement.
I have no problem with our police officers being issued adequate arms to protect themselves when confronted by a criminal intent on killing them. I’d recommend the semi-auto version of the AR-15 as full automatic or burst fire is less likely to be accurate.
What frosts me is the mind set of the liberals and socialists who are scheming to rule us that common citizens who have no criminal past should be disarmed.
We have the human right to defend ourselves and our families against bad guys and government tyranny, plus use arms for sport. Anyone seeking to take away that right is intent on oppressing us.
“The militarization of our local police forces has been a concern of mine for quite a number of years.”
Exactly. What type of crimes are these that the militarization is intended to counter. Perhaps today legitimate, perhaps tomorrow legitimate only in the perception of the anointed whom are making headway in our society on a leftward tack.
We’ll know with the results of the SCOTUS 2nd Amendment decision IMO. Everything is political anymore that the Left has such a strong dominance.
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