Max said:
No offence to police officers, but if some cops abuse their right to have a gun on-duty, why should they be able to hold a gun off-duty. Yeah sure, it's a given that you should protect yourself and your family, but by what means is a different story. What you're saying here is that everyone should hold possession of a firearm.
what in gods name are you talking about ?? IF a cop abuses his "right" to carry a firearm on duty, then he is fired...plain and simple !! How many police abuses have you read about with police mis-using their guns ?? I can answer that for you- very infrequently !!
And why doesnt the average, law abiding citizen have the right to carry a firearm and defend themselves if necessary ??
I can speak from EXPERIENCE, unlike everyone here, and tell you that those arent the people popping rounds into people for the joy of it
Max said:
Huh? Man, I don't know if you made a joke or what...do you mean literally control (ie. accuracy), or that a cop knows when to use his/her gun.
When a police officer is off-duty, he's/she's a normal citizen who has the right to protect his/her family and him/herself, and now they're equal to everyone else. What makes it right that they hold guns and nobody else does, even though some people may have the same motive that he has: defense.
Hence, nobody other than on-duty cops or government defense should have guns.
you are really talking out of your ass, Max
I am a police officer 24 hours a day, seven days a week...whether I like it or not
Police are NEVER normal citizens...we have the unfortunate luck of running into people at the most unopportune times who's freedom we've taken away....you think they respect us, even though they know their 1000% in the wrong ?? The answer is a big, fat NO !!
Many of the people I've locked up are drug dealers, and other violent felons who DO carry guns...should I not have the right to be armed, knowing that they dont stay in jail forever, and that their gunning for revenge ?? Again. put your thinking cap on kid...the answer is YES !!!
I have friends who are Metro Toronto cops, and I feel bad for them that they cant carry off duty, and they agree with me 100%
It will take something bad to happen to an officer off duty for the liberal/socialist government of Canada to get a fucking clue
and btw- Canada....more exact Toronto, is getting pretty violent