Firepower

[gekko]

I dunno about other folks, but I am SICK to death about hearing about stuff like this on the news. I am SICK and tired of hearing about officers bringing capguns to a shoot out. I am bloody well fed up with people crying about victims rights and the cruelty of large calibre weapons used to stop crimes. Screw the victims. What about the cruelty of officers being gunned down by freaking hand held cannons? It's not safe out there. Most of the crime reports I hear about, read about, or see on TV, the crooks have better firepower and body armor then the police do. And that strikes me as being WRONG.

Here's what I see as the real problem: we supply officers with high powered weapons and ody armor, and the next bank robbery we see on the news features rocket launchers, depleted uranium shells, and nerve gas.

I do agree that sending police officers out on the job when they are so baddly out-gunned is wrong. However, if this turns into a shootout between who can find the biggest guns, then I'm worried, and I feel sorry not only for the cops or the "victims," but mostly for those bystanders caught in the crossfire.

The only solution that will truly solve this problem is to make these guns more difficult to obtain. The fact is that people don't need assault rifles. People don't need armor piercing bullets. Americans need to wake up and take a good long look at their gun control laws. I would suggest anyone who hasn't yet seen it go out and view the documentary "Bowling for Columbine" by Michael Moore.

Oh, but after all, if we didn't have guns, the king of england could march right in here and start pushing you around. Do you want that, do you?!?

gekko