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Originally Posted by ratbastid
The police use superior (hopefully) firepower as a means of enforcing authority with the threat of physical, possibly mortal, violence. I'm thunderstruck that I have to spell this out. Are you actually denying that guns are meant to inflict injury up to and including death?
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then you might want to catch up on what the police training and policies about drawing their sidearms are all about. NOWHERE have I ever read that police are allowed to draw their pistol to enforce a law. EVERYWHERE have I always read that a policemans handgun is ONLY to be drawn in order to defend themselves.
so what is it to be? are we being lied to? I think not. You cannot have it both ways. Guns are either designed to kill, or they are built to provide self defense.
Unless of course you'd like to claim that police officers are a superior class of people deserving of a broader range of rights.