(January 5, 2018 at 6:00 pm)FFaith Wrote:(January 5, 2018 at 1:15 pm)Shell B Wrote: Maybe let's not do this in areas where there isn't rampant racism. In the split second it takes for someone to shoot you, you don't have time to call number 10 and wait for him to show up. Tasers aren't always effective, either. To be clear, I want lots and lots of regulation on firearms. I just want them to be logical. Police officers need to do better. They need better screening, better training, better equipment, etc. They need to make sure there are at least two cops in every patrol car, since it's often lone cops that panic and do something stupid. I know it isn't always, but addressing some problems is better than none.
One thing they do NOT need is better equipment, but they are getting plenty. Militarization of the police is ramping up, and that's not a good thing. That's another extreme. The US is already enough of a police state as is. Wanting the police to have way better equipment and wanting the police to have no guns at all are both terrible propositions.
Why do you assume I mean weapons when I say better equipment? I actually had in mind non-lethal methods of keeping themselves and the public safe, even if we need new innovations to make that happen. I never for a second was thinking better guns.
