Posted on 03/25/2011 5:33:10 AM PDT by marktwain
First four words are probably a lie.
Translation: We can't stop deranged killers, and you shouldn't be able to stop them either.
But it's an important start and it certainly might help police
It might help police if we can protect ourselves before they show up for the cleanup.
An important start to what exactly?
Well said. If they can dictate magazine capacity, why not caliber too? Pistol in 22 shorts only, with a 5 shot magazine. (actually I don't think there is such a thing).
Wow, nice investment.
Yes he is. But unfortunately there's a lot of Police Chiefs like him with the same mindset.
And IMO it's guys like this who originally joined some PD not to 'fight crime', 'serve the public' or anything that noble. It was simply so THEY could carry a gun and have power over others. This is commonly referred to as: 'Penis Envy'(1).
And besides being able to carry a gun while us peons can't, they get other neat perks like being able to buy 'Assault Rifles', high powered LEO Only ammunition, Automatic Knives (Switchblades), Blackjacks, etc. All because they have a badge and we don't.
In Germany of '33 they'd be in the SS. Or the KGB if in the USSR. And when the pooh hits the fan here, they will be 'on the other side'.
(1) In Freudian psychoanalytic theory: feelings of inferiority and defensive or compensatory behavior
“How Much Firepower Do You Need?”
This is a trick question. NEED has nothing to do with it. NEED implies that you are allowed to have only what you can JUSTIFY having to some bureaucrat. Why do we need cars that can travel 120 mph when the speed limit is 65? Why do you NEED a $10,000 sofa? I have lots of things I WANT but dont NEED and refuse to justify it to anyone since ITS NONE OF THEIR DAMN BUSINESS.
BTW screw the “clips” I am going belt fed.
When seconds count the police are only minutes away.
Detroit, MI 1967: 43 killed, 467 injured, over 7,200 arrests, more than 2,000 buildings destroyed.
GREAT EXAMPLE Condor. You should take that on over to the blog where the article is and post that verbatim.
and as far as I’m concerned, little rick can kiss this (_!_)
I hear in NY under some circumstances the cops can be coaxed into pumping 29 or so odd bullets into one just by pulling out a wallet or a comb....
For the same reasons people need vehicles that goes 120mph . . ▼
Even a .22 can kill someone. All you need is the ability to use your weapon and, most importantly, the will to use it. I am thinking of the recent case of the lady with the pink .38. At the firing range, she could barely pull the trigger. But the tiger came out when she was defending someone she loved.
I don't remember the name of the gun writer who said that the most terrifying sound in the world is when your gun goes “click” when it should go “BANG”!
Don't Let It Happen To Your Town
Well, the 2nd Amendment does not apply to the state. Any state has the right to restrict weapons. But state and local governments are—or should be—much more accountible to the citizenry. Which is why the concept of electing judging is vital to the preserving of state rights. In 1789, the legislature was supreme, the governor was weak and the power of the counts was limited in scope and function. But as the legal profession has grown so has the power of the courts. There is hardly an institution in American that does not dance to the tune called by the lawyers.
This flaming liberal HATES our guns.
If he met a thug on Broad Street in Hartford, he'd melt in his own pee.
This is difficult to know beforehand.
Afterward it is easy. If you are still alive and the perp isn't, then you had enough firepower.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
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