Maverick9
Regular Member
I was sitting here talking about the rampage in Stockton where a gang of thugs killed a hostage and shot up the city, when I blurted out:
"We've been talking about disarming the police, eliminating the asset forfeiture without conviction law (license to steal), and removing the military vehicle upgrading that's been occurring, they really ought to just issue all LEOs two bullets"
Suddenly, it occurred to me that this might, indeed, be a viable solution. If every cop is given a firearm which can only shoot two bullets (or three, whatever), then they'd be A LOT less likely to go Rambo on us. Still possessing enough deadly force to deal with, oh, what is it, 95% of armed confrontations being solved with 2-5 rounds, and allow self-protection, but not nearly enough to use the 'spray and pray' method of crime interdiction, it might start a trend of arms de-escalation.
Now, of course cops could carry back up, they could carry extra bullets, they could get a shotgun out of the trunk, heck they could carry handgrenades. But the idea of having only 2-3 bullets is a reasonable and workable alternative to disarming them which both sides might be able to accept.
Of course it will take a tragedy of epic proportions where cops kill innocent children by shooting them in the head or throwing a grenade into a baby's crib...oh wait, they've already done that... :uhoh:
"We've been talking about disarming the police, eliminating the asset forfeiture without conviction law (license to steal), and removing the military vehicle upgrading that's been occurring, they really ought to just issue all LEOs two bullets"
Suddenly, it occurred to me that this might, indeed, be a viable solution. If every cop is given a firearm which can only shoot two bullets (or three, whatever), then they'd be A LOT less likely to go Rambo on us. Still possessing enough deadly force to deal with, oh, what is it, 95% of armed confrontations being solved with 2-5 rounds, and allow self-protection, but not nearly enough to use the 'spray and pray' method of crime interdiction, it might start a trend of arms de-escalation.
Now, of course cops could carry back up, they could carry extra bullets, they could get a shotgun out of the trunk, heck they could carry handgrenades. But the idea of having only 2-3 bullets is a reasonable and workable alternative to disarming them which both sides might be able to accept.
Of course it will take a tragedy of epic proportions where cops kill innocent children by shooting them in the head or throwing a grenade into a baby's crib...oh wait, they've already done that... :uhoh:
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