You can't blame the police. They have no choice but to "upgrade":
Police needing heavier weapons
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')aw enforcement agencies across the country have been upgrading their firepower to deal with what they say is the increasing presence of high-powered weapons on the streets.
Scott Knight, chairman of the Firearms Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, says an informal survey of about 20 departments revealed that since 2004 all of the agencies have either added weapons to officers' patrol units or have replaced existing weaponry with military-style arms.
Knight, police chief in Chaska, Minn., says the upgrades have occurred since a national ban on certain assault weapons expired in September 2004. The ban, passed in 1994, in part prohibited domestic gunmakers from producing semi-automatic weapons and ammunition dispensers holding more than 10 rounds.
"This (weapons upgrade) is being done with an eye to the absolute knowledge that more higher-caliber weapons are on the street since the expiration of the ban," Knight said. He said his own department of about 20 officers is in the midst of determining whether to upgrade its weapons.
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More firepower on the street
More firepower on the street
by Zardoz » Tue 20 Feb 2007, 02:04:14
Good work, NRA. You got exactly what you wanted.
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Re: More firepower on the street
by mattduke » Tue 20 Feb 2007, 02:38:48
Haven't seen them myself. I guess I live in a "nice area". Anyway, the only people who have ever pointed guns at me were policemen. It wasn't all that bad, because recalling my story of the incompetent Oakland police got me out of jury duty.
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Re: More firepower on the street
by Loki » Tue 20 Feb 2007, 05:09:41
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', 'Y')ou can't blame the police. They have no choice but to "upgrade":
Police needing heavier weapons
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')aw enforcement agencies across the country have been upgrading their firepower to deal with what they say is the increasing presence of high-powered weapons on the streets.
Scott Knight, chairman of the Firearms Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, says an informal survey of about 20 departments revealed that since 2004 all of the agencies have either added weapons to officers' patrol units or have replaced existing weaponry with military-style arms.
Knight, police chief in Chaska, Minn., says the upgrades have occurred since a national ban on certain assault weapons expired in September 2004. The ban, passed in 1994, in part prohibited domestic gunmakers from producing semi-automatic weapons and ammunition dispensers holding more than 10 rounds.
"This (weapons upgrade) is being done with an eye to the absolute knowledge that more higher-caliber weapons are on the street since the expiration of the ban," Knight said. He said his own department of about 20 officers is in the midst of determining whether to upgrade its weapons.
Police needing heavier weapons
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')aw enforcement agencies across the country have been upgrading their firepower to deal with what they say is the increasing presence of high-powered weapons on the streets.
Scott Knight, chairman of the Firearms Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, says an informal survey of about 20 departments revealed that since 2004 all of the agencies have either added weapons to officers' patrol units or have replaced existing weaponry with military-style arms.
Knight, police chief in Chaska, Minn., says the upgrades have occurred since a national ban on certain assault weapons expired in September 2004. The ban, passed in 1994, in part prohibited domestic gunmakers from producing semi-automatic weapons and ammunition dispensers holding more than 10 rounds.
"This (weapons upgrade) is being done with an eye to the absolute knowledge that more higher-caliber weapons are on the street since the expiration of the ban," Knight said. He said his own department of about 20 officers is in the midst of determining whether to upgrade its weapons.
Good work, NRA. You got exactly what you wanted.
What a load of shit. There is ZERO, as in NONE, ZIP, NADA, evidence that the ugly black rifle ban did anything to reduce any crimes of any kind. The jackboots want new toys and find it convenient to blame the sunsetting of that ridiculous law. And you buy it hook line and sinker. Oh the evil evil NRA.....Do you even have a clue what the AWB actually prohibited? Somehow I seriously doubt it. It certainly didn't prohibit "semi-automatic weapons" as that idiotic article states.
And many police agencies acquired ARs and other military pattern rifles long before the AWB sunsetted. Uncle Sam gives them away. Why pay for a PC shotgun or rifle when Uncle Sucker will give you a much cooler looking rifle for free?
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Scott Knight, chairman of the Firearms Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police', '"')This (weapons upgrade) is being done with an eye to the absolute knowledge that more higher-caliber weapons are on the street since the expiration of the ban," Knight said."
I'll assume he means larger caliber weapons, which, by the way, have nothing whatsoever to do with the AWB.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')ast year, because of the escalation of violence and firepower on the street, Hurtt says he ordered patrol officers to wear body armor. Wearing armor had long been a matter of personal choice for officers.
Unless they're wearing rifle plates, body armor isn't going to do anything to protect cops from the alleged plague of "assault weapons." Another nice little slice of bullshit.
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that would make them an occupying army...
