Against my desire to remain silent.. I feel the need to weigh in on this discussion.
To wit: More than once, within the past decade, the US Supreme Court has ruled that it is NOT a duty of a policeman/woman to protect citizens. The only duty a policeman has is to protect himself. As stunning as this may be... it is the foundational basis for police to be armed.. to protect themselves, ONLY. We, the citizen, are on our own. [Sorry Andrew, bad news, I know]. Police do not "stop crime". They "report crime". Then consume great amounts of time and money chasing those who do crime... sort of.. to gather evidence which may or may not meet the burden of proof at trial to prove a crime was committed. If we indeed had a "war on crime" as we are told we do.. the body count would be much higher... and police officers would be much better at weapons handling. Some are.. many are not, as stated here. Grant... Who was always amazed at the military who gave command pilots nukes then armed them with 6 shot, short barrel .38 revolvers for personal protection when they ejected over hostile country... and always believed the crash axe was a better choice... On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Scott Ritchey <ritche...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > All of this serves to highlight the wide-spread misunderstanding of the > real > nature of most police work, a misunderstanding largely fostered by the > entertainment media. There are some well-trained and highly competent > tactical police units but most police work is administrative information > processing and a systematic "showing of the flag." Not a criticism, that's > just how it works. > > One common myth worth mentioning is the one that says it's dangerous for > well-trained, law-abiding civilians to be armed but armed police are safe. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of clay > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2013 3:49 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] buymbparts is dead drunk and rattling > > Local cop is in trouble because the hooker he was chasing after would not > stop. She spun around, he could not tell what was going on, so he drew his > service weapon. While it exited his holster, it went off and shot her in > the leg. > > He needs some gun control > > clay > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
