Reply #81: areas

[paulsby]

"You are absolutely right about one thing, that it is difficult to compare Norway with the US.. Compared to US Norway would be seen as a peacefully little place, who we for the most are too .. But we have had a rise of violence here to, specially with weapon, even that I doubt that it is so dangerous to be an police officer in Norway as in the US.. "

there are certainly areas of the US that have lower crime/violent crime than the norway average. but yes, they are very different.

"Many european have weapon in the Police force, as in Germany and France, but that is not the same as the french and germans are using their weapon that often.. Rather the opposite.. But off course on TV you would se police using gun everytime... Specially in movies... The Carribiani in Italy is an military Police outfit with weapons.. But even them are not using weapon that liberal as many american police are doing it. And the Carribiani in Italy have their share of criminality to handle every day, every week, every month and every year.."

in the US,it isn't as often as movies, either.

the average cop in the US fires his handgun line of duty once every 12 yrs.

do you know how frequently an italian cop or german cop does?

"But to me a weapon is still a weapon, even that a teaser is far more safe than the other tools you might have on the job. It still kill people."

again, just because somebody died after being tasered does NOT mean the taser killed them (refer to my other medical post), or that they wouldn;'t have died during a wreslting match with cops who didn't use tasers. MANY people die this way.

people assume when they hear about some guy dying that the taser caused the death. most do not look at the autopsy reports that come out later, that deny that.

again, i volunteered to be tased. that's how safe it is.