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mark28699 wrote:
The article is so ridiculous I couldn't even finish reading it. Ditto on the Carter comment with the addition of Clinton.
My wife's from England where most cops don't carry. I think that will change very soon allowing all cops to carry. They've had many close calls over the last few years with having to call in cops who do carry. Crime has exploded due to all of the third world immigration allowed in their country.
I lived in London in 2005.
It provided an interesting dichotomy. "Bobbies" who are unarmed and provide directions with a smile.
But they have fascist traffic cops who search the cars of drivers without suspicion, just like we do here.
And, if they suspect innocent Brazilians of terrorism for no good reason, they show up with a squad of tacticool clowns with MP5s and shoot the victim 37 times.
Disarmed street cops de-escalate happenstance encounters. Militarized police are not a good thing.
The only people who should be armed on a regular basis are citizens, NOT the state.
The state should require a warrant to bear arms against its citizens.