> A mass shoot out? We don't get have mass shoot outs, we usually have > stand offs, the people are in the house and cops surround the place > until they come out with their hands up. > Ok, so I exagerate slightly and that happens over here too (there's been an incident recently in, unsurprisingly, London where this happenned), but the point is, worst case senario,
Suspect breaks free, grabs hidden gun shoots at police officers, other police officers start shooting, other suspects get free in all the confusion, other weapons appear and blood gets spilt on all sides, winding up with dead and injured police officers and more than likely dead terrorist suspects and probably the loss of the leads to prevent terrorist attacks.... In this case one man died, several others were injured and the suspects are all alive and in custody. This _was_ the worst case senario. > We don't have mass shootouts everyday, only in extreme cases has that > happened, and I am not aware of any in the past 5 years. More often than > not these things happen very peacefully, and nobody hears about them. > I can't remember a time that a police officer died in this kind of situation over here ever. > To me, and many people in the US, the lives of police officers are much > more valuable than those who attempt to kill police officers, if one of > the officers had pulled a gun and shot the attacker, he would have been > congratulated for saving the life of an innocent man. > But then you've lost a very valuable lead which probably could prevent a terrorist attack... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5