Thread: Why frontline cops should be armed

Originally Posted by kotuku

Dont take the piss lassie or I will let loose. Ignorance is not bloody excuse on this forum -consider yourself warned young un!
Sorry my arse

Obviously you like to think ya got it sussed well just sit quite take a deep breath and think on this
40yrs ago an old bloke gave me this wee gem to think on and I think on it every day
"tis the old dog who walks the footpath "
"the pups they run the street"

Dont bother replying in haste -you may well find Ive already bared me teeth .Take ya time and have a wee think then apply the conclusions youve reached to the point of debate -you may very well be suprised at the conclusions you reach,i
f so just open a new folder in the computer between your ears and call it lifes new experiences!
finally seasons greetings to you asnd yours and may all your days be happy ones.

You realise your posts are largely incomprehensible nonsense, right?

Originally Posted by gimp

You realise your posts are largely incomprehensible nonsense, right?

I have no problem. Mind you it can be a good ploy to make things difficult to read as then you really have to read them to understand.

It is a curly topic though and there is no clear clean cut answer as we do not live in a perfect world. There are enough crooked/bad/incompetent cops in the mix to not want them all armed. There is also the vast majority that would be fine. Then there is the criminal element that really don't give a toss about anyone else, and with some of the drugs like P they are unpredictable and very dangerous.

As far as the argument about citizens not being armed because they do not have the experience and training; this could be applied to the Police as well. Many of them do not and will not have the skills required to safely carry. Many also do not have the skills to negotiate situations that would be better handled my someone with mental or social worker training so would arguably be better leaving those situations to professionals in those arenas. The reality is we just about need cars with a copper, mental health worker, medic and fire fighter. This is obviously totally impractical.

The solution is not going to be at all easy. Perhaps step back a little and get back to a justice system that avoids the criminal sector from getting to such a state rather than the legal system that we have now that favours the criminal. The analogy of the guy at the top of the cliff stopping people jumping rather than the ambulance at the bottom.

Originally Posted by gimp

You realise your posts are largely incomprehensible nonsense, right?

But apparently calling him out on it is ignorance. Interesting....

Originally Posted by Jexla

But apparently calling him out on it is ignorance. Interesting....

Well when you can understand the message but choose to ignore it because it lacks punctuation, that means you are choosing to remain ignorant.

Originally Posted by Savage1

Well when you can understand the message but choose to ignore it because it lacks punctuation, that means you are choosing to remain ignorant.

Except I can't understand anything that nut case writes.

Originally Posted by Jexla

Except I can't understand anything that nut case writes.

That's because you chose not to. You wont accept anyone elses opinion or view which doesn't align with your own.
I don't want this to get into a personal attack thing, but it appears that you are educated as far as knowledge goes, but have little knowledge as far as life experience goes.

Some of the stuff you have said appears to have come from a sheltered view. Some of the people on here know what they are talking about as they have been at the sharp end of the stick. You have never experienced these things and will have no idea of what you are talking about.

Much like I have not deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq, so I don't choose to tell people how to fight or act in that environment.

And given your comments, I don't think you would ever join the police, that is if you can.

Originally Posted by jim160

That's because you chose not to. You wont accept anyone elses opinion or view which doesn't align with your own.
I don't want this to get into a personal attack thing, but it appears that you are educated as far as knowledge goes, but have little knowledge as far as life experience goes.

Some of the stuff you have said appears to have come from a sheltered view. Some of the people on here know what they are talking about as they have been at the sharp end of the stick. You have never experienced these things and will have no idea of what you are talking about.

Much like I have not deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq, so I don't choose to tell people how to fight or act in that environment.

And given your comments, I don't think you would ever join the police, that is if you can.

No, I've read and understood everyone else's comments perfectly fine, I appreciate their opinions and experiences, I take those in to help me form my own opinions.
I am not unaccepting of other opinions or views. Just because you don't agree with them doesn't mean you're unaccepting, or that would mean you are unaccepting of mine.
This really isn't about joining the police or if you ever would, or if you even can. It's about us all from a forum debating a hot issue, nothing more than that.
95% of the people commenting won't join the police, does that make their point any less valid? Get off it.