(January 5, 2018 at 4:57 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(January 5, 2018 at 4:51 pm)FFaith Wrote: Yes, it is an extremely unreasonable standard and is pro-dead cop. It can be very reasonable to shoot and kill if a perp is asked to keep their hands where they can be seen and they reach for something in their pocket.
It doesn't make sense to take guns away from police. Try taking guns away from police in the US right now and see how many of them quit in protest. They need guns to defend their lives. I think cops should keep their guns, even if the citizens lose their gun rights.
Why doesn't it make sense to take guns away from cops? Very few in Japan have them.
Not saying right now that could work in America. But the reason Japan's cops don't need them is because their population isn't gun obsessed.
I agree cops need guns RIGHT NOW, but any sane cop will tell you they hope to never use lethal force. Problem I keep saying post after post, website after website, year after year is their use of firearms WILL NOT go down if they constantly have to face an armed public and the only training they get is "fear the worst and shoot first'.
It isn't just cops use of firearms, but the public too. Fear is being sold to both cops and society and so are firearms and that is what is creating the mistrust between cops and society.
Terrorist attacks. Knife attacks. These people need to be put down, and a gun is the best way to put them down.
