Reply #144: oh please

[pitohui]

where do you live in this fantasy land where cops make six figures a year and can subdue dangerous maniacs w. edged weapons bare-handed?

new orleans ain't frickin london

you are comparing one of the richest, if not the richest, city in the world, w. a ridiculously low crime rate for its population to one of the highest per capita murder rate cities in north america, if not the very highest per capita in the months leading up to katrina

you're comparing a nation where guns are all but illegal unless you're hunting foxes -- and apparently even that is in doubt -- a nation where and this actually happened to me, several times, during my visit, game birds like pheasant and quail do everything but walk right up to you, dance on yr head, and laugh in your face...you are comparing this britain to the culture of usa and especially louisiana, where being armed is a part of life and a right of passage for many, where hunting is a part of the life, and where sadly enough disputes are all too often settled by pulling out the gun

it just isn't fair

i would love the gun-free world too but fair is fair

a gun-free police force is not fair to the police officers who are fighting well-armed, heavily armed criminals in many cases

also keep in mind, nopd also tries to have some equal opportunity, in fact, one of the police heroes of katrina was a new officer, only five feet one, a woman officer who lost her home but still showed up at the dome and demanded to be put to work helping out

you want to put a woman officer out there on the street w. no weapon or do you want to just keep police work as a boy's club of six foot plus men? because that is what you are doing when you cry out for a gun free force