Should we disarm the police like bobbies in England and just leave SWAT teams and the like armed?
100640
God no.  I have a lot of respect for the men and women in our country who have to put up with the druggies, the wife-beaters, the prostitutes, the pimps, and any other low-life you can think of.  A night stick isn't going to do much to a guy strung out on crystal meth.  Our police have to deal with all kinds of unpredictable people and situations, and arming them is for their safety.  If we all spoke with British accents and drank tea, maybe we'd be a little more polite and a little less dangerous.  Until then, I say keep them armed and trained enough to know when to use force and when not to.
202049
I think we should bring most of our troops home, but disbanding the military seems like a really bad idea.  Going from a major world power that's hated as much as we are to totally defenseless is not such a hot idea.  I do think, though, that we could use our military power almost exclusively defensively.  But think about what would have happened in World War II if we'd had no military.  I don't know about you, but I don't want to rely on Canada and Mexico being nice to us.  Then again I don't want to rely on our government making good decisions, either.
415078
let the police handle it
1106720
As a 17 year veteran of the Security Business, I believe they feel threatened by us in that here are a bunch of untrained louts (which may have been true long ago) acting as Cop-wannabes. Police have a tendency to be a rather exclusive group, and they don't like any competition, and feel that they are the only ones to do the job of protecting the public and acting as a uniformed visible deterrence to crime. The difference is that we (Security Officers) protect private property, and the Police protect the public and public property. True, we don't take as extensive training as they do, and the reality is that some Provinces and States don't require any training at all. I live in British Columbia, Canada, and our initial and ongoing training is more extensive than most other Provinces. We don't carry any weapons, handcuffs or restraining devices, no pepper spray or taser devices and we don't wear any body armour, but are often expected to approach and restrain (until the Police arrive which could be 15 to 30 minutes where I am) the same dangerous criminals that the Police deal with, and they have all of the above equipment, including firearms, to protect themselves. I have been attacked by both unarmed and knife wielding assailants and luckily due to my extensive hand-to-hand combat training I have survived said assaults. So ultimately, I think it is jealousy and a "Good Ole' Boys" mentality that drives this attitude, and I mean no disrespect as I have a lot of respect for the Police and they do have to put up with some pretty horrific situations, that clearly has an effect on how they see the world around them. Not all Police officer think this way however and I have been at times both glad and disappointed at their response to our work. Chin up and be proud of what you do as we do provide a valuable service, and were created to fill a hole the Police were unable to as the crime rates increased and property crime was something they were no longer able to effectively deal with these crimes. Our Motto is "People, Property and Information" are the things we protect in that order without exception. Be Careful out there OK !!!!
354876
Yes.. I think 6PM is a good hour to have lock down. And forget about adult companion, theses little buggers slip off quickly, wreck havoc, then go hide at home as if they had never been out. Youth is decietful, dangerous, all of them are criminals. IN fact, I think we sould just stop having them all together. That will solve the crime wave. OR, perhaps we could just let them all run loose, the adults stay at home, and let them kill each other off. That will solve it too. Hell, forget it...let's just send them all to Iraq at age 10...if they survive, they can come back when they turn 25. Sounds good to me.
1097767
Just running from the police is no reason for the police to shoot a suspect.  Te police can only use deadly force when they beleive they or someone one is in grave danger due to a suspects actions.  Running away is bad but they shouldn't be shot.  Some people get so nervous when they see the police that they lose all common sense and they take off even if they did nothing wrong.  It would be completely wrong to shoot and possibly kill the poeple because they were scared.
868207
If we took the gloves off over there,i would go tomorrow.The problem is all the sniveling on the home front, about "torture"and "terrorist rights".Screw 'em.They are barbarians,and must dealt with as such.Why should we play by rules,and the enemy does not.?
1008652
If memory serves me correctly, the Bobbies are the only cops that have never carried guns. It was the way Robert Peele set it up
740969
id look past all that crap and opt for rights and freedoms before there taken away .forget the pc brigade as long as in your heart you can say your not racist say what you feel question our government point out how our boarders are open and your not happy about it in reality weve been conditioned .the problem is we are fed all this crap and people have the right idea on these matters yet for the wrong reasons .we are fed constant terror the general population bitch and moan about subjects and dont realise that nesesary rights and freedoms are being taken away as a result its called problem ,reaction,solution heres an example a man was sentenced for thought crimes last week he had planned dirty bomb attacks in the US , now this man had no funding and no way of carrying this out thought crimes? as you can imagine the reaction from the general population  ,surprise surprise the next day in the paper mi5 say theres 30 terror cells in the uk planning dirty bombs ?everyones like oh shit!! ,the next day blair in the paper pointing out the laws he wants to pass one being holding a terror suspect for 90 days with no charge  and no soliciitor (they can make people disapear )now thats there solution .these laws end up getting used against us .a man booed mr blair as he was going past in a car, 5 mins later the man was searched and his details were put on the terrorist suspect database or whatever bullshit name they give it ? we are being shafted world wide our governments are controlled by world banks (new world order,illuminati) the whole fabric of our society is based on lies and coruption.people need to stop relying on government as throughout history they have tryed to enslave the people .EVERYONE NEEDS TO ASK QUESTIONS they cant lock us all up for questioning our own government the people we suposedly put up there .this is so vast its quite hard to exsplain it goes very deep in substance and time .click on these two links:\n\npdf:the police state road map\nhttp://www.policestateplanning.com/\n\nterrorstorm:a history of government sponsored terror.\nhttp://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=786048453686176230&q=terrorstorm
968155
I forgot the name for the act (posse commo tas? I think), but you can't use US troops to police the cities unless martial law is declared.  I am a Solider and I don't want to have to be the police or police our own cities.  We don't have an Army to protect us form ourselves.  My oath is to defend the United States against all enemies, both foreign and domestic and to the Constitution.  Not to police the streets.  We are trained to fight wars, not to be police.  You would not want the mentality of a warfighter to respond to a domestic disturbance, not a good combo.
792187
The first thing I would do is completely disarm/kill if need be/ all of the militias.\nTo accomplish this, you need to consolidate all of our troops into large mobile units that can be deployed quickly.  Our troops only job should be to disarm the militias. \nOnce you have successfully disarmed all militias, you need to run a police state until you have ALL utilities working again.\nElectricity, Water, Roads, Schools, Media.\nThis Police State should be ran by Iraqi Police/Military along with Iranian Military, Saudi Arabian Military, Turkish Military.  \nThis Police State needs to be VERY hard-line.  Once people are accustomed to following laws, IE. THE RULE OF LAW. and you have a Social Structure, it will be easier to implement a democracy.  Once you implement the democracy, GET OUT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE WITH ALL OTHER FOREIGN TROOPS.\n\nThis could take up to 5 years.
62306
According to a just-released report commissioned by the Pentagon, we don't even have the resources to defeat the insurgency in Iraq.\nUnless you are willing to rule with the hand of a dictator, it is always necessary for effective policing to be shared. Even at the community level, police need the cooperation of residents to be effective.\nAt the international level, no country has the resouces to effectively police all of the hot spots.  This is why, in my view, it is shortsighted and unproductive to try to unilaterally police the world.
221176
I somehow dont think this would be a very good idea, there is way too much hostility and road rage in the U.S that if one angers too much he will have his gun readily at hand.
1178149
I suggest the I.R.A. donate all their arms evenly between the Yobs and the OAP! Enough of you poor dumb...individuals kill yourselves maybe you will leave Ireland to it's rightful owners...The Irish!\nI do believe the reason the crown dis-armed the citizens was because the lot of you are to damned stupid to be trusted with a gun.
1047134
why not look at all the police we have now
826281
Yes. I think we are all acting like a bunch of sheep with blinkers on (we don't want the trauma of seeing the wolves herding us).\n\nWe forget that the police are there to enforce the law and not to "protect" us. If it comes to martial law (I'm not talking about the fat TV detective), then whoever is in charge will be the law. Of course he may not be called Adolf, but we could get a modern form of national socialism.
640530
If you're smart, you'll keep guns out of your society. Or, you will have incidents like Columbine, bank heist in LA, employees going postal, etc. England has thrived for over 200 years without them, why change it?