Should Cops carry guns?
141988
Yes, of course, officers of the law should carry guns.\nActually it seems that the idiot criminals on the street are better armed than the police.\nGive the police more powers and give them the right to shoot first, ask questions later then maybe the asinine criminal element and other assorted yokels will get the message that society rules the streets not them.
461062
I have told there is a town in Texas (?) where it is mandatory for all allowable residents to carry a gun at all times, they are given instruction on it's use etc. The street gun crime rate is almost non-existent. Gun toting criminals have found out the hard way, to go somewhere else.\nSensible use of guns should be applauded.\nTake this scenario\nGuy pulls gun on couple walking back from theatre, he hears from all around him, "hold it one moment sucker" and finds that maybe 20 people have pulled their guns and pointing them at him, at the same time due to their training the couple have dropped to the ground and have their own guns out.... not a very auspicious moment for the mugger.\n\nI am not advocating the carrying of guns without due training, that is like giving a 10 year old the keys to a Porche... crazy.....
40773
Yeah.  Do you want someone with an anger management problem to be carrying around a gun?
943558
No, it would just be like prohibition. Everyone who wanted them would own guns, anyway. I work with a bunch of gun-lovers (cops) and they would never relinquish their guns, even if it meant breaking the law. Of course, this will never happen, anyway.
570937
If it isn't, there are a whole lot of Cops carrying unsafe weapons. The only way to be absolutely sure, is to fire it. If it takes off the end of the magazine, I would shorten the magazine. If not, I wouldn't worry about it.
645215
except reallity so you can deal with reallity.i am a foremer police officer,firearms instructor and now custom gunsmith.first put the weapon of choice in your hand,fit is 90%,second in real life situation nerves,adreneline, etc.takes over.with that said do not become a follower.if your dept. allows it choose a solid revolver.dependability is a must.police agency's have become victems of marketing with no common sence.semi auto are dependant weapons.they rely on the right bullet,the right primer,lubrication,hand position,inviroment and the ammo cycles the gun which means alot of your power goes out the slide when it starts to open.it is your life you are talking about,get real not fashionable!do not depend on reloading speed in your choice.that is childish.
105236
Pros: Crime rate goes down.\n\nCons: If your a bad guy, you don't know who is carrying and who is not.
1017298
Well it's different for each state.If your in a hunting area or have a killed game such as a deer. they don't need your consent to search or have hunting style firearms. Such as a rifle. They have more arrest/search powers then a beat cop.
558800
I live in the Dominican Republic and you could really get in trouble if they detect you are carrying a handgun.\n\nYou being foreing, believe me, it might not be easy to get you out of jail.\n\nNo matter what other people say, dont travel here with a Handgun.
571821
Many countries have police officers that do not carry guns, but Japan is NOT one of them.  They carry .38 special revolvers, not the high-capacity 9mm handguns often toted by the American police.[110] No officer would ever carry a second, smaller handgun as a back up, as many American police do. Policeman may not add individual touches, such as pearl handles or unusual holster, to dress up their gun. While American police are often required to carry guns while off-duty, and almost always granted the privilege if they wish (even when retired), Japanese police must always leave their guns at the station. Unlike in the United States, desk-bound police administrators, traffic police, most plainclothes detectives, and even the riot police do not carry guns.[111]\n\nInstead of using guns, the police rely on their black belts in judo or their police sticks. Indeed, police recruit training spends 60 hours on firearms compared to 90 hours on judo, and another 90 on kendo (fencing with sticks). (The number of hours that Japanese police recruits do spend on firearms training is larger than what most of their American counterparts receive; that the Japanese are so thoroughly instructed in a weapon which they are expected to use in only the rarest of circumstances testifies to the highly cautious approach of the Japanese police towards firearms.) After police school, few officers show any interest in further firearms training, while continued judo and kendo practice is frequent. Annual police martial arts contests are important events. Sixty percent of officers rank in one of the top judo brackets. Beer bellies are non-existent. In contrast, many American policemen, if confronted with deadly assault, have no combat technique to use except gunfire.[112] The American police's heavy reliance on guns serves, intentionally or not, to legitimise a similar attitude in the rest of the population.\n\nThe link below gives the history of guns and gun control in Japan.
221979
Call your State police and ask them, they will know what to tell you. In Pa you have to have the ammo and gun in seperate sections of the vehicle, like the gun in the passenger compartment and the ammo in the trunk. Guns laws change so very quickly and quietly sometimes that it would be best to double check any info with your police dept.
299935
Your question is a little hard to read but I'll give it a try. \n\nI own several firearms and have a license to carry a concealed firearm on my person. I took the training and got the license because there are bad people in the world today. I know from experience that there are folks who would shoot me or my family, steal our money and possessions and not have a problem doing it.\n\nI won't sit by and allow myself or my family to be a victim for some low life who chooses to steal rather than work for a living like the rest of us. The Police are not able to protect us anymore. Criminals have more rights than the rest of us and they know how to play the system. Maybe if more criminals were shot before they were able to complete their crime, they would think twice before doing something.\n\nI also believe with terrorism on the rise, that Americans have an obligation to arm themselves and be prepared to defend  this country against foreign terrorists if need be. \n\nWho knows, Sept. 11th possibly could have been avoided if the people on-board the airplanes could have shot the hi-jackers before they crashed the planes.
866769
you should probably get a gun
190562
if the cop has suspision of you doing something or carrying something in your purse then yes but he Must ask you for permission b4 doing so. it is your right to refuse & tell him to get a warrant to search your purse.
976068
I guess I am qualified to answer this.  I was a police officer in London for 30 years and am somewhat unique in that I was both shot and stabbed.  I was trained to use a firearm for over 20 years.\n\nThere are several different issues here, one of which is that we select police officers based on certain criteria, none of which is their ability to use a firearm.  It therefore goes without saying that many serving officers, if not most, will not have the skills (either practical or emotional) to be armed.  We do NOT recruit people into our police forces in order for them to kill our fellow countrymen.\n\n(As far as one of the other contributors to this answer is concerned, just about the only "accidental" shooting was of Charles de Menezes, and we all know WHY he was shot.  I think everyone in the police understands that that was a terrible mistake, but the mistake was not made by the firearms officer, who acted (a) in good faith and (b) in the belief that he was protecting the lives of many other Londoners when he fired his shots.  There are several other controversial ones, but unfortunately all you ever read are headlines without knowing the full substance behind the stories.\n\nHowever, the most pressing argument against officers being routinely armed is this:  at present officers attend many incidents where physical contact is involved; pub fights, domestic arguments, theft, assault; whatever you can possibly think of where, ultimately, the police officer and the alleged criminal come into physical contact.\n\nAt present, in the vast majority of instances, such physical contact results in a peaceful arrest or solution to the dispute.  In a few it involves a scuffle or worse.  Rarely, if ever, does it involve a confrontation by the officer with a lethal weapon, for the very simple reason that most people do not carry such weapons.\n\nHowever, arm EVERY police officer and the difference is apparent.  Every single time a member of the public comes into contact with a police officer he or she has the opportunity to become an armed criminal by the very simple expedient of overpowering the officer.\n\nMany of our new breed of officers are of very slight build - the smallest I ever saw (I left in 1998) was a 4'10" girl at Brixton, who was the same size as a 12-year-old girl.  It takes very little imagination to see how just about anyone could get her gun off her.\n\nThus, with every officer armed, every single incident they ever attend has the potential to become an armed incident.  This would require a profound change of policing practice which would be only of benefit to the police officers, who would be duty bound to protect themselves, and of no benefit whatsoever to the public who they serve.  Officers would have to become very aloof and distant.  That is the total antithesis of what we expect in a British police officer.\n\nWhat we DO need is an armed response that is available at very short notice - it was always my view that the system that I left was nowhere near good enough.  I understand that armed officers are more readily available nowadays.\n\nThe other measure that could be taken to protect society (including police officers) from armed criminals is a robust sentencing policy (which we aren't going to see).  In my view, anyone arrested for carrying a knife unlawfully should go to court in the first instance.  If convicted they should receive a custodial sentence of 12 months without remission.\n\nSimilarly, anyone convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm should receive an immediate custodial sentence of 14 years imprisonment.\n\nFinally, in your example of the house where the shooting took place, the decision not to enter was nothing whatsoever to do with whether or not the officers were armed.  It was a very poor management decision by a senior officer.\n\nUnfortunately, in these days of liberal academic senior officers, many of whom are selected to fill some sort of quota, such poor dec
614176
An officer has confirmed that you can carry as many pocket knives as you want to.  You just can't carry concealed knives that don't fold up.  These have to be visible in a scabbard
1165268
San Francisco as part of California may have some city ordinances on the subject I don't know, but as part of the state you can carry a rifle in your car so long as its not loaded, not concealed and simply be transported (meaning you are going to a range, to a shop to have it fixed or moving).  They actually have gun shows in the city; but not many any more.