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I.G wrote:-
<< Personal opinion, fine, I can live with that. My personal opinion is that
it
would be totally insane (and unfeasable!) to expect police officers in the
UK to be armed as a matter of course, whether on or off duty. We dont need
to be. Yet. Neither do we want to be.
Personally, I couldnt give a stuff about elsewhere. Why are we so besotted
with comparing the UK to elsewhere? We are here, not there, so do what is
required for us, not what suits America, Russia, Patagonia, etc. >>
So why do the police\politicians always like to compare us with 'elsewheres',
especially that 'gun culture' the US.
<<If you think we should be more like the USA, then go live there!>>
I intend to do just that, this country\popliticians\enforcement bodies think
my wife and I are sick people who are just waiting to go onto a killing spree
and were\are treated accordingly it does not like us. The feeling is mutual.
Besides I like flying and fast cars, neither of which fits in with this
countries ideologies. Which appears to be 'go to work, watch eastenders, pay
our taxes'
Also, if I wanted to spend so much time 'on camera', I would've become a
bloody actor, and I also do not need some pin-stripped herbert to tell me how
to wipe my arse. As I been doing just that capably for some years now, I
might even be older than you.
If you arm yourself for defense, it might be for ONE instance when it might
happen, in Florida, if I recall correctly the rape rate dropped dramatically,
when women were allowed CCW, so how many women were armed but never needed
it, or were not armed and never needed it, the fact remains the issue of
CCW's was made public knowledge and the rape rate dropped. And I have to
admit, if anything ever happens to my wife, and I'm told by a cop that they
will catch him, I'll put that cop on their arse, because as far as I'm
concerned that cop as good as put her there.
Take Care all
Roger Hardley
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