And if i was the cop i would feel naked without my billy club to beat the tar otta someone charging me. And do they teach cops self defense and martial arts over their? Some of the police units near where i live train officers in H2H. Being able to disarm a guy coming at you with a knife when you are barehanded may seem silly but it might have saved that cops life.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:52 AM Subject: RE: Knives 1 - Guns 0 > A mass shoot out? We don't get have mass shoot outs, we usually have > stand offs, the people are in the house and cops surround the place > until they come out with their hands up. > > We don't have mass shootouts everyday, only in extreme cases has that > happened, and I am not aware of any in the past 5 years. More often than > not these things happen very peacefully, and nobody hears about them. > > To me, and many people in the US, the lives of police officers are much > more valuable than those who attempt to kill police officers, if one of > the officers had pulled a gun and shot the attacker, he would have been > congratulated for saving the life of an innocent man. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Moretti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:47 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Knives 1 - Guns 0 > > > > Not funny! > > > > And neither were you Bill. Police generally wear stab jackets (not > bullet > > proof vests) in these instances. > > Why he wasn't wearing one, why there were 3 guys in the building and > not > > one > > as was expected and why the attack took place some time after police > and > > immigrations entered the building, I'm sure will come to light in due > > course. > > > > Oh and you notice it was a _stabbing_ by suspected terrorists (who are > all > > alive and not shot to pieces) and not a mass shoot-out as it would > > _probably_ have been in the US. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
