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Disagree all you want (none / 0) (#22)
by Tom Paine on Tue Apr 22, 2008 at 05:48:09 AM EST
You are as entitled to your uninformed opinion as the rest of us, but the experts all disagree with you. It isn't the weapon that makes a police officer effective, whether that weapon is a nightstick or a pistol. And adding more guns won't reduce crime. We can be certain it will increase accidental shootings, and it would have other stupid effects, but reducing crime isn't one of them. I say that as someone who started shooting when I was five. I hope my aim has improved slightly since then ;)

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How can you say that? (none / 0) (#25)
by AlfredMoisiu on Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 06:20:13 PM EST
Police derive their authority from the fact that they are agents of the government and have the legal authority to use force.

The proliferation of paramilitary SWAT and rapid respsonse teams is an illustration of that. The NYPD has men in full body armor, helmets and submachine guns walking around Grand Central Station to intimidate would be criminals or terrorists.

I know a few cops who are avid gun collectors who qualify as "gun guys" by any definition. Yet they are strongly in favor of gun control. Why? They don't want to get shot (the primary reason). They also know that cops will be exempted from these rules or extended professional courtesy. It's good to be a cop in a police state.

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