Originally Posted By: Tempest
Any incident will do. This is what one of our police chiefs has to say about guns:
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“One issue that always boggles my mind is that the idea that a gun is a defensive weapon,” James said. “That is a myth. A gun is not a defensive weapon.”
James is the Police Chief of Emeryville, California and the Police Chief Association’s Firearms Committee Chairman.
“A gun is an offensive weapon used to intimidate and show power,” he asserted, explaining to the audience that police officers don’t carry weapons to defend themselves, but to do their job in a “safe and effective manner.”
http://washingtonexaminer.com/california...article/2521563
So if guns are an "offensive weapon used to intimidate and show power", why exactly are police carrying them???
The idiocy of some of these people with badges is striking.
That so called "police chief" should be fired. A gun can be either offensive or defensive, depending on how it's being used, and by whom. In the case of a law abiding citizen using it to defend himself or family it's a defensive weapon. In the case of a criminal using it to commit a crime, it's an offensive weapon. We need to control the offenders of being offensive with guns. Leave the law abiding defenders alone. The world is way too twisted anymore to even make sense to so called sensible people (like police) anymore.