Thread: Why frontline cops should be armed

Originally Posted by Savage1

Because Police are the ones that are deployed into the small unsafe areas trying to keep NZ safe, stop being arrogant.

So if I lived in a small unsafe area (which are normally lite on police) then I would also need to be armed?

Is it arrogant to expect to be able to defend myself?

jexla -youve been on" ride alongs" -ever been the one on point ,the one who has to make that decision.
jesus wept the boys in blue have had to deploy tasers x3 on our site and the fucking post mortems ,/arse covering documentation would filla bloody rubbish skip.
me -i worked with the bloke who was present in 2/3 occasions when the situations went"current"and ohms law applied-ohm=resistance -the more resistance shown the bigger the dose!.
he certainly had no qualms about police actions given the weapons presented were a shard of glass like a dagger and screeds of airborne human blood -exactly who was responsible for what in hindsight was a clear as"dogpaddling through a lake of sloppy dogturds" in his words.
yep that desription is just as apt in the auckland courier driver tragedy.
just a pity the arsehole at the centre is set to spend his doubtful existence in taxpayers expense! sidney &savage seem to me to have the most cogent views on the prospect.

I recon we should show the world we are hard cunts and have unconcealed carry

lets face it folks -we have the unarmed bobby as a legacy from the days of our colonial era when we were subservient to the UK&followed their social mores &traditions.
unfuckingfortunately thosae social mores &traditions have progressed massively (backwardsIMHO)and today the feral reigns supreme .the days of the 6'6''rugby playing plod giving you a short sharp size 11 up the arse and threatening to "have a word with ya dad lad". we have in the past 2 decades and by&large due to some socially antagonistic experts bred a whole generation of sperm byproducts who belive theyre entitled to it&now". fuck society and what they think ..its me me me.Iknow my rights cause they told me so"and so on.

social media fed em violence and plenty of it as a way to get what they want-tacitly sanctioned by our own indifference, long on the talkfest short on the bloody act ion to halt this corrosive attitude and hence we arrive at this moot point.
me _if hindsight is so fucking valuable why dont we all have a spare set of eyeballs in our arsecheeks!!
massive -cmon man youre more bloody socially aware than what youre writing-takin the piss aint doinanyone any favours.

Originally Posted by kotuku

lets face it folks -we have the unarmed bobby as a legacy from the days of our colonial era when we were subservient to the UK&followed their social mores &traditions.
unfuckingfortunately thosae social mores &traditions have progressed massively (backwardsIMHO)and today the feral reigns supreme .the days of the 6'6''rugby playing plod giving you a short sharp size 11 up the arse and threatening to "have a word with ya dad lad". we have in the past 2 decades and by&large due to some socially antagonistic experts bred a whole generation of sperm byproducts who belive theyre entitled to it&now". fuck society and what they think ..its me me me.Iknow my rights cause they told me so"and so on.

social media fed em violence and plenty of it as a way to get what they want-tacitly sanctioned by our own indifference, long on the talkfest short on the bloody act ion to halt this corrosive attitude and hence we arrive at this moot point.
me _if hindsight is so fucking valuable why dont we all have a spare set of eyeballs in our arsecheeks!!
massive -cmon man youre more bloody socially aware than what youre writing-takin the piss aint doinanyone any favours.

Going to have to annoy NZ here by pointing out that you were administered out of NSW Australia in your early years so it was Australia that gave you useless unarmed cops haha. We needed the guns to point at all the convicts evidently. That settles it, I hereby bequeath the original consignment of muskets the NZ police force! Much safer 'cause the bad guy can run away while you load the thing

If I had been drinking tonight I would suggest you are a fwit Jexla. But I haven't, so I will leave it at that

Originally Posted by Pengy

If I had been drinking tonight I would suggest you are a fwit Jexla. But I haven't, so I will leave it at that

Think what you will.
Haven't seen you add anything to the conversation.

I really hope we can keep the Police as they are, not openly armed. I think we have a relationship with our Police force like no other Country that I know.

On the topic of CC I have to say that although I have no problems with firearms even in a public place but I prefer not to carry one. It is an extra stress and responsibility. On the other hand if I was living somewhere that was particularly violent? Maybe.

ouch this has gone of the rails

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

ouch this has gone of the rails

Refer post # 111.

B

Originally Posted by shift14

Refer post # 111.

B

Yep. Pretty much.
And no one here will have any say on the outcome.

Only time will tell.

Originally Posted by jim160

Yep. Pretty much.
And no one here will have any say on the outcome.

Only time will tell.

That's what makes it so much fun end of the day it makes No difference anyway

But mine is first hand personal experience

No I can't sleep, yes I'm bored.

Originally Posted by Savage1

But mine is first hand personal experience

No I can't sleep, yes I'm bored.

What is this sleep thing you talk about? I recall it some time before kids arrived. Think it was some sort of feathered creature.

I agree with @30calman that it would be good if we could sort our society out so that the Police are not required to routinely carry firearms. That is the crux of the issue. Then we could maintain our generally extremely good and easy relationship with the Police, and this relationship works in both directions.

There will always be an element of our society that will never toe the line, but the smaller that group is the better. The more people we can persuade to contribute to the country the better.

Thanks you for your support gents.as for the catty remarks Ive had worse ! My original POV still stands.