Reply #23: how cute

[iverglas]

It's also hilarious how attached you are to the "service revolver" thing. Do you have any sources quoting Canadian cops calling automatics revolvers?

I think you've answered your own question, so I'll assume it's rhetorical.

If you recall the discussion in question, as you obviously do, then you recall the sources provided in which the police used the expression so terribly inappropriately.

Maybe you can suggest a better one for me. I've actually never heard it called anything else. I suppose, what, "service weapon"? I might think that would be not tremendously popular, but I dunno.

Why don't you just stick to calling your stuff what you want to call it, and stop sticking your nose into what other people call their stuff? Seems pretty easy. I promise not to call your cops' firearms "service revolvers", truly; haven't yet, won't do in future.

The American Dictionary of Criminal Law Terms, 2004 (at googlebooks):
"service revolver: a weapon carried by a law enforcement officer while on duty, usually a pistol or handgun"

Hey, you'll love this one:

http://www.cpc-cpp.gc.ca/DefaultSite/Reppub/index_e.aspx?articleid=1667

October 31, 2006

... ALLEGATION TWO: Constables A and B improperly used a service revolver during the complainant's arrest.

In his complaint, the complainant states that he was forcibly grabbed and assaulted by the RCMP members at his front door. He indicates that during the altercation his right finger was cut and a fully loaded gun clip fell on the floor. He states that this lead him to believe that a member's gun "was unholstered and ready to be used with violence." There is no evidence from the complainant, his spouse or either of the officers that either member removed his service revolver from its holster or threatened to use his service revolver. The fact that a gun clip fell to the floor was an unfortunate accident that resulted from the physical altercation between Constable A and the complainant. Such an accident does not constitute improper use of a service revolver.

Is that the sort of thing that firearms afficionados get together and giggle about?


Heck, even the loony misogynist right wing does it:

http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/03/more-feminist-j.html

... Report I am reading shows concerted efforts to cover up sexual abuse of 5 years old girl by maternal grandmother who tried to frame her son in law. This reports lists some juicy details about "actions" and incactions of late Kelly Johnson ex-head of Sexual Assault Unit of London Police (same lady that last year killed her lover and herself using police service revolver).
You have no idea of how biased and how crooked all these people are.

Posted by: ... | 26-Mar-08 9:48:34 PM