Little known fact. The supreme court ruled (can't remember the exact case, will google it later) that the police have no obligation to PROTECT civilians. Their obligation is to investigate crimes AFTER they occur.
So much for not needing a gun. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 1:01 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Knives 1 - Guns 0 > > 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. > > > I can't remember a time that a police officer died in this kind of > situation over here ever. The last one I remember was Ruby Ridge, so big they made a TV movie out of it. > > > 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. > > > But then you've lost a very valuable lead which probably could prevent a > terrorist attack... > True, but a police officer is valuable to the community, his loss may make it easier for a terrorist act to happen. The cop protects the streets, the people, the children, etc. The terrorist suspect may not give any valuable information at all. If I had to choose between the two, I would take a dead terrorist over a dead police officer any day, under 99.99% of the circumstances. Only if there is irrefutable proof that having the terrorist alive would prevent anything, and even then, it depends on what it prevents. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
