From: "niel fagan", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>My view is that the police should ditch the MP5s and assault rifles
>which scare the crap out of the public (with rare exceptions)
>
>Steve.
>
But thats what they are meant to do, isn't it?
Niel
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I think too many police officers have watched the SAS
during the Iranian Embassy siege.
I saw some tape of a SWAT team in Washington State, I think
it was Tacoma, can't remember exactly. They were all
armed with Glocks. The pointman had a Glock 18 with the
33-round mag. Flashlights mounted on the pistols.
I watched that and I thought to myself, "hmm, why is it
that so many police are armed with MP5s" - there
is no real logical reason, a pistol or an MP5 is just
as lethal inside a building, and if anything a pistol
is easier to move with. Someone said once that the
MP5 was on a sling so you had both hands free if
you wanted - anyone heard of holsters and lanyards?
Pistols make more sense because it is possible to carry
two, so your backup is the same as your primary weapon.
Plus all the magazines are interchangeable between
weapons.
The use of the MP5 is to a large extent a triumph
of marketing.
Steve.
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