Styxmyfavourite 0 Report post Posted June 8, 2012 I would question the Police Association's renewed call for all front-line police to be armed, following a policeman being shot at in Central Auckland yesterday. By their own admission a car stop is one of the more innocuous of police activities. Unless anticipating danger, you wouldn't expect police to have guns out and at-the-ready, at every or indeed any car stop. Unless they are 'John Wayne'-like in their reaction speed, you wouldn't expect a policeman, gun down in holster somewhere, to have reacted in time with their own gun upon one being presented at them. I believe police generally would be safer without guns than with them, in general run-of-the-mill policing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
