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Gun Control & RKBA

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5. I wouldn't be an unarmed cop in a crime ridden neighborhood of a big city...

Reply to Blues Heron (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 17, 2019, 07:27 PM

Jun 2019

like Chicago for a starting salary of $250,000 a year. No way, no how.

I might be an unarmed cop in London England where firearms are less common and knives are the weapons of choice. A billy club can stop a knife attack but it’s not real effective against a bullet.

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Man killed after an alleged argument and attack on an off-duty officer in Costco was nonverbal... [View all] MarvinGardens Jun 2019 OP

Witnesses said they heard an argument Evergreen Emerald Jun 2019 #1

We need to disarm the Police Blues Heron Jun 2019 #2

I doubt if many people would be willing to become a cop if you did that. ... spin Jun 2019 #3

Of course they would if you paid them Blues Heron Jun 2019 #4

I wouldn't be an unarmed cop in a crime ridden neighborhood of a big city... spin Jun 2019 #5