>>>>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17623078/
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>>>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.
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>>>Nick
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>>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.
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>>If a policeman is armed the chances all too often are the perpetrator has a bigger more powerful weapon.
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>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?
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>The police had to go into a local gun shop to arm themselves with more capable weapons.

I remember that so well. One of Katy's sisters was a teller at that bank. It is off of Victory Blvd and Laurel Canyon as I recall.

The police in our area from time to time (even recently) complain that the weapons that they have been issued should be upgraded to match the firepower of the people who commit crimes with weapons.