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| The Militarization of American Police |
| 2014-02-12 |
| ..to say nothing of the curious ammunition purchases by gov't agencies of recent - lookin' at you TSA, USPO, etc. |
| Posted by:Uncle Phester |
| #5 The police do not go home to barracks and compounds (yet). It's why the police were of limited use in Iraq and Afghanistan. They and their families must live among the population. Whether the ME, Central Asia, Thailand, or even Mexico, you read here in the Rant of cops being shot. It has an effect. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-02-12 08:41 |
| #4 if someone called me inquiring about whether or not I owned firearms or how many I don't think I know how many. I may not know where they all are! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-02-12 08:41 |
| #3 There should be a lead-in sentence in the above that reads: "How many guns do Americans own?" |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-02-12 08:28 |
| #2 This seems like a question for which the answer wouldn't matter much. Why should we care? But, sometimes things turn out to be more important than we can imagine. The U.S. has the best-armed civilian population in the world, with an estimated 270 million total guns. That’s an average of 89 firearms for every 100 residents — far ahead of Yemen, which comes in second with about 55 firearms for every 100 people, or Switzerland, which is third with 46 guns for every 100 people. (The statistics come from There are estimates, however. According to the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey – the leading source of international public information about firearms. Very often statistics often reflect biases and agendas. Personally, if someone called me inquiring about whether or not I owned firearms or how many, I would decline to answer as I don't think it is any of their business.) |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-02-12 08:26 |
| #1 Passing anti-gun legislation appears to be nearly impossible. An EPA environmental or Homeland Security regulatory ban of lead and steel ammunition manufacturing and sales...... not so impossible. Who needs a congress when you have a 'pen and a phone' anyway. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-02-12 02:12 |