Subj : Re: Wannbe HAM
To   : Joe Delahaye
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Fri Sep 30 2016 07:50 am

-=> Joe Delahaye wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 TL> Ouch. :( On our cop shows, I'm yet to see a gun fired. The cops use them
 TL> as an absolute last resort here.

 JD> Pretty much the same here.  It does happen in the big cities though.
 JD> Certainly not like in the US.  They almost all have tasers.  In most
 JD> cases that would be all they need.  If the tasers dont immobilize then
 JD> perhaps a gun might be necessary, but certainly no need to kill IMO

Cops here have capsicum spray and tasers, which are their first preference when
they need to use a weapon.  I'd hate to be the cop that pulled a gun, purely
because I can only imagine the paperwork and other followup involved! :)


 TL> ... The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except
 TL> genius.

 JD> LOL

True though. :)


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