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In reply to the discussion: You can't demilitarize the police unless society is demilitarized. Watch one of the old cop shows [View all]
 

marie999

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2. Did Joe Friday ever fire his pistol?
Reply to doc03 (Original post)
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 04:00 PM
Jun 2020

You gave me something to think about. Nothing in society is ever about only one thing.

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You can't demilitarize the police unless society is demilitarized. Watch one of the old cop shows [View all] doc03 Jun 2020 OP
oddly enuff british cops get by unarmed for the most part except for specialty squads nt msongs Jun 2020 #1
Am I wrong but people in Britain are not armed to the teeth are they? doc03 Jun 2020 #3
Did Joe Friday ever fire his pistol? marie999 Jun 2020 #2
I don't think Joe ever did but Pete and Jim did a good bit nt doc03 Jun 2020 #5
Yes, at least once. rsdsharp Jun 2020 #10
Thank you. marie999 Jun 2020 #12
It may have happened in the 1950s version, as well. rsdsharp Jun 2020 #18
I remember that now LOL doc03 Jun 2020 #16
Not buying it Johnny2X2X Jun 2020 #4
If a cop is out on patrol and comes up against an AR-15 what does he tell the bad guy to doc03 Jun 2020 #7
Who says the cops have to outgun people? Johnny2X2X Jun 2020 #11
In the 1930s, cops came up against heavily armed rsdsharp Jun 2020 #15
I think you have to look at the Second Amendment as a reason for why that happens genxlib Jun 2020 #8
Years ago I worked with the son of a small town cop, his dad stopped a car for a speeding violation doc03 Jun 2020 #27
There's a difference between issuing cops appropriate sidearms, Aristus Jun 2020 #6
They are at times going up against people with military combat weapons. If civilians weren't doc03 Jun 2020 #14
Yeah and they pal around with them. Voltaire2 Jun 2020 #24
That's what S.W.A.T. teams used to be for. Aristus Jun 2020 #28
+10000000 Nevilledog Jun 2020 #17
Yet we were happy to have them during the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge standoff ripcord Jun 2020 #19
It was less than a month ago sarisataka Jun 2020 #26
Chicago PD TV show Captain_New_York Jun 2020 #9
The show Cops made it all normal Johnny2X2X Jun 2020 #21
I know I have brought that up before are they portraying what cops actually do or are doc03 Jun 2020 #22
The militarization of police J_William_Ryan Jun 2020 #13
What the pro-gun people caused.... Historic NY Jun 2020 #20
Well finally someone gets the point. In today's society a cop would have to be downright insane doc03 Jun 2020 #25
I've lived for 29yrs Historic NY Jun 2020 #30
Excellent point. We need to de-militarize the civilians before doing so to the police. Kaleva Jun 2020 #29
yeah I saw how the cops in Minneapolis chased the armed nazi thugs out of the state house. Voltaire2 Jun 2020 #23
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