Thread: Why frontline cops should be armed

Originally Posted by Danny

I cannot understand this thread although I read and accept most points of views- some are wildly generic and plain nonsense, reminding me of a relative of mine whom has a Dr in front of his name, he is often fucked when building a deck, changing a tyre or nappy or talking any sense at all.

The police ARE armed but unfortunately no one can foresee into a crystal ball. Police routinely 'tool' up when attending a certain address or addressing an individual because of the history that some have so those who have no idea should just mow their lawns or go pull their pud...that you may be actually qualified to do...

No one can pick a David Gray or a Napier situation or a random 3T in a back country road that turns bloody ugly within seconds. So we need to accept shit happens, the PC brigade will always squeak the loudest, police will always be under resourced, under trained-and that's another matter entirely imo but the Police work bloody hard to protect YOUR family and friends and property.

But...God I hope we never see the general public allowed to bare arms in public; (like America), that would be a bad day indeed.
Now, I'm off to pull my pudding.

Had a good laugh at most of this thread since it started, some good posts such as this ^^, some others just make my mind boggle and reinforce that the notion that arming the public is ridiculous...

As stated through this thread Police have access to firearms, taser other appointments for any job where we believe they are necessary - you certainly don't meet a knife head on with a taser,so firearms are not always for firearm related jobs.

I think we should celebrate the lack of Police shootings considering jobs with knives (weapons) and firearms occur almost daily in most of the regions, your just not privy to them - or they are not good story's?

99% of the time decision making is sound and there are good outcomes for all, the 1% is what the armchair experts dwell on and regurgitate.

MY 2C