Quote Originally Posted by Rabid View Post
As long as these laws are in place i believe the police should abide by them too. To give the LEO community an exception shows me that they are seen above the law. I know you are not arguing the laws are BS but at the same time you are implying the LEOs are above the law because they have to protect them self's, well as the courts have shown i have to protect myself too. To say LEOs may have a higher frequency to need a gun so they need the best weapons at their disposal elevates them to paramilitary status.
You completely missed my point. Unless you're implying that we all have the potential to be vigilante posses... I'm simply pointing out that we do not go out confronting the threats in our society on purpose (unless you're Batman), police on the other hand do. Thus it can be expected their need to be armed to meet the threat. I'm not saying it's right, I'm not saying it's fair, I'm only pointing out the logic on that. Sure I honestly believe it would aid in making them no more exempt than a school teacher, but that just isn't the way the world works- unfortunately.