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In reply to the discussion: How the NRA Went From Best Friend of the Nation's Police to Harsh Enemy of Law Enforcement [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)13. No, it's not the special deals...that be Beretta by the way
It's finding yourself with a 38 special and the bad guys shooting back with MAC -10. Police forces are extremely conservative in changing side arms. They are extremely conservative, period.
They changed side arms after a few hundred officers were killed by superior fire power.
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How the NRA Went From Best Friend of the Nation's Police to Harsh Enemy of Law Enforcement [View all]
xchrom
Jan 2013
OP
Im just sick and tired of the government exempting themselves from their own laws
davidn3600
Jan 2013
#9
No that was Glock...letting depts buy their pistols for $300 piece. Free armourer classes.
jmg257
Jan 2013
#15
the testing found that 40 cal with hollow points gave excellent stopping power with little through a
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#24
i just moved my ammo to a new locker i got for my home. about 200 boxes i need to go shooting lol
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#29
the glock is also a reliable weapon when you are under stress with the trigger and internal safety
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#20
Law Enforcement is a scam to make police work a profit center, the focus should be peace keeping
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#34
"less strict observation of the rights and liberties of a free people" -- What does that mean?
Kolesar
Jan 2013
#36
I would think such things are self evident but perhaps things are too far off the rails to assume
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#38