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Being a Police Officer in the Uk
BrumLee:
--- Quote from: "Lord Shagg-Pyle" ---What do you do?
Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind of message does
this send to society and to my children?
--- End quote ---
The kids would say "why you messin' about pops, gimme the pistol and let me put a cap in his ass. We know how to, we learnt about shooting in the playground" :shock:
I remember watching one of those America 'Cops' programs where a guy had shot a burglar in his house and was apologizing to the cop saying "I didn't mean to kill him, I just wanted to scare him", the cop said "if you didn't invite him in your house it's his own fault, don't worry you did good and it's one less crook we need to worry about".
Over here you'd be hand-cuffed, paraded out in front of your neighbours, questioned for hours at the police station, held on remand and then a court case facing murder. Where's the justice?
Niel:
--- Quote from: "L90OOK" ---
Double tap...better to be tried by 12 than carried by :roll:
Also bring back public hanging & national service :twisted:
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Double tap? Thats what gets people killed, as the SO19 guys found out in the Police comp. they shot in the US, every double in centre of mass no problem, but marked as failed/killed by assailant. Then they watched the US cop's go through, body body HEAD, treat all assailants as high on PCP/angel dust, if the first 2 don't stop them, head shot 'em!
Still doesn't stop them shooting each other though, Gatwick, Winchester and lord knows how many other times....
Skibum346:
--- Quote from: "Guardian." ---The only question is how petty a crime do we come down to before we dont shoot.
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I reckon Judge Dredd had the balance about right.... 8) :lol:
Bulli:
thats assuming he meant body shots the SAS shoot double taps for the mouth...they stop most things but i understand you have to be a heck of a marksman.
i think its sad that the police face possible prosecution for doing their job! its ridiculous!
Eeyore:
Oh lordy, it's going to be 'cat/pigeon interface scenario'
Oookay, my view is that we give the police guns all the time. Not because of fear of crime, but because everytime we let 'em have guns at the moment they seem to get a little bit excitable and 'accidents' happen. Yeah, okay, it's a gross generalisation, but bear with me a mo.
'Accidents' can include a guy carrying a chair leg in a carrier-bag getting shot. Or an electrician getting gunned down, point black, on the tube. Niether of these guys had commited a capital offense, yet by their misunderstanding of the situation they both end up dead. And that's not right. Miscomprehension isn't a crime.
So, in some respects, yes, the inncoent do have something to fear. If I get wrongfully arrested, at the moment I walk away with a sound apology and a wad of cash. If I get wrongly jobbed, then I walk nowhere. An apology ain't a lot of use to me when I'm six foot down.
If we give more of our serving officers guns - is the sense of responsibility going to improve, or will I get jobbed one day for mishearing a shouted command?*
I don't think it's wrong that anyone should avoid prosecution for actions leading to the loss of life. Whether they're found guily afterwards, well, thats a different question.
cheers
8)
Eeyore
*FWIW and being serious for a mo, after a settling-in period I think the novelty of having a firearm will wear off and our boys in blue will be stable with the additional responsibilty. The question then comes if whether having a gun will make them more of a target? As long as I get a sensible answer to the responsibility question, I think I'm cool with the concept. :wink:
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