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One could have been VERY useful during the "Rodney King" riots....
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/09/us/war-gear-flows-to-police-departments.html
Do our police have to be militarized? Is this what we want patrolling our streets?
Is all this really necessary?
Yeah, we need to give criminals the upper hand, keep the semi auto weapons in the hands of criminals, and just issue the cops .38 revolvers. </sarcasm off>
I could tell a story about a Chicago cop and his partner going on a domestic call in Cabrini Green in the 1960's, but I'll spare people the drivel.
If the Police get to be militarized, the People get to be militarized.
in a perfect world...
In a free Republic.
If the Police get to be militarized
Police have got more heavy firepower because criminals have.
Really? So I can buy some of this BS too? Or no?
It's not "boogiemen everywhere", it's proper tools of the People and growing force of government against our rights. How are you supposed to defend yourself when they take all your tools? Or is it when it's Criminal vs. Society, only the police matter?
Personally, the better way to stop tyranny is to have a healthy, well educated population.
At the very least, that which the police can have the People too should have access to.
To me the whole point of government is to have a monopoly on force when needed.
I support the second amendment purely from a legal perspective when it comes to American law.
But for me, while I do support a certain amount of gun ownership which I am allowed to in Canada, I don't believe my next door neighbour should have weaponry necessary to take on the RCMP if he ever felt like doing so like the gentleman in Moncton last week.
To me the whole point of government is to have a monopoly on force when needed.
I believe that my neighbor and myself should have the firepower to take on the Government if the Government tried to overstep the bounds of the Constitution.
I swear, we're descending into an arms race, with the police on one side and the anarchist-libertarians on the other. God help us.
A Liberal saying "God help us" w/o booing after he mentioned God. Will miracles ever cease?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/09/us/war-gear-flows-to-police-departments.html
Do our police have to be militarized? Is this what we want patrolling our streets?
Is all this really necessary?
If they need to deal with increasingly well-armed criminals, of course they have to become increasingly militarized. If we want to reverse the trend, we have to get the heavy duty arms out of the hands of the criminals. One causes the other.
Go buy it.Whatever the cops get, the People should get.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/09/us/war-gear-flows-to-police-departments.html
Do our police have to be militarized? Is this what we want patrolling our streets?
Is all this really necessary?
If they need to deal with increasingly well-armed criminals, of course they have to become increasingly militarized. If we want to reverse the trend, we have to get the heavy duty arms out of the hands of the criminals. One causes the other.
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