Posted on 07/28/2011 5:54:16 AM PDT by brent13a
Nope.
All cops are POTENTIAL thugs, much in the same manner as cops see all "civilians" as potential "perps."
It's a prudent self-defense strategy when dealing with those who can legally kill you.
Strange people walk by my house armed, I ain't calling the cops. Why would I? I shoot better than any I see at the range.
Of course Officer Matt Lyons is a Marine. Marines are self-disciplined.
Marines, after taking the oath to defend the Constitution of the United States, to go to thru the process to become a Marine, then to serve 22 years has Officer Lyons did, have a tendency to take that oath seriously.
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