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Originally Posted by willravel
In what way?
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I will respectfully decline to answer that question in all but the vaguest of terms.
I was able to convince a person attempting to commit a felony on me that it would be a bad idea. Without firing the weapon.
That essentially describes the circumstances both times.
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Originally Posted by willravel
I never said "protect the individual citizen", I said protect and serve, as in to protect and serve society. The responsibility to protect the 'individual citizen' is irrelevent, to responsilibity to protect the whole populace of the US falls to the whole executive branch when it enforces laws that the judicial branch interprets and the legislative branch creates.
The bottom line is that a police officer walking the beat is put into dangerous situations more often than the average citizen, AND, by vocation, seeks to aprehend criminals. The police officer seeks out criminals, so he is around danger more. Unless a citizen seek out criminals (vigilantism is illegal, btw), he or she is not in as much danger as a police officer.
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If I interpret the above correctly, if my life is only endangered once a year, my safety is irrelevant, compared to the risks encountered much more frequently by police.
Does that sum up your point?