Re: Cumbria Shootings
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Originally Posted by Tealeaf
(Post 820928)
It was a terrible crime, Eric....unfortunatlely, some of our trendy leftie do-gooders are already starting to question the actions of the Cumbria Cops - namely, why could he not have been stopped earlier? It's the usual slime..the BBC, the Guardian newspaper..you name the rest of'em. It's the same mob who complain about every (occaisional) police shooting and don't want armed bobbys in this country.
The sickening thing of course, is that if the cops had managed to intervene and drop him prior to Bird's first shooting - the solicitor - the BBC and same newspapers would now be screaming about a 'Shoot to Kill' policy and 'Cops out of Control' in Cumbria.
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The media do that sort of thing over here too; but, bottom line is, the cops do what they have to do. And if we want law and order, and safe communities we have to let them get on with the job they are paid to do. When cops get out of hand, then they should be dealt with by the same laws that govern the rest of us. I don't see any problem with armed police. I just checked with a buddy of mine on the KPF, and he told me that last year (2009), members of the Kingston Police Services discharged their firearms three times: twice to put injured dogs out of their misery, and once to kill a deer which had been badly hurt by a car. So, in sane societies (unlike our neighbours to the south ;)) armed police are not likely to go letting off rounds and pulling out their Glocks for no really good reason. I do believe, and I hope I am not wrong, that when all the facts are in we will find that the cops in Cumbria did the best job they could in very difficult circumstances.
Oh, by the way. Just finished "Revelation" ... of the four, I liked "Sovereign" best .... Hope he writes more. There are lots of story lines in "Revelation" that scream out for at least one more book. |
