[elbucko]

"...police annals are filled with accounts of..

..anything the writer, in this case the editorial board, wants the police annals to be filled with. It is time to put this old canard to rest and require statistic with reference when "police annals" are cited as a source of credibility for the editorial. This is lazy writing on the part of the newspaper.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Not only is it lazy reporting but it implies that police officers would be safer without firearms...even the average idiotic liberal wouldn't agree with this.