>>>
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17623078/>>
>>I saw this. I had no idea that you had police like that in the US. With the levels of gun ownership there they must have been very brave to respond to any sort of call.
>>
>>Nick
>
>I read that the number of guns per capita in Texas is five. Perhaps that has increased since I read the report two years ago.
>
>If a policeman is armed the chances all too often are the perpetrator has a bigger more powerful weapon.
That's only in California.
Remember those two bank robbers (I think they robbed a BOA). They had on armored shields and armed with fully automatic M-16s back in the mid 90s?
The police had to go into a local gun shop to arm themselves with more capable weapons.
The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.
- Alexis de Tocqueville
No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
– Mark Twain (1866)