Spikes Tactical - Updated Policy for State and Local Law Enforcement Agency Sale

[Rabid]

I never said the Police are akin to our own private body guards (that's why I carry)... but they do carry guns for their own protection... don't get me wrong, I think we all- law abiding folk and police alike- should be armed commensurate to what WE, as the individual, decide is adequate for our own protection, not some fucking bureaucrat in NY or Downtown Denver.

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.

[Ronin13]

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.

[Rabid]

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.

No need to be a "vigilante posses", every time the LEOs are called to threat a citizen was in the same situation minutes before the LEOs arrived. To allow the LEOs to have more fire power then us just makes them above the law.