From: "Kay, Martin (DEI)", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mitch and IG appear to be overlooking a fundamental
fact, that they and every other Police Officer are
public servants, with a duty to serve and protect the
public by enforcing laws as passed by the Government
of the day. I hate to pee on their parade by reminding
them of this, but I think many UK subscribers will
agree that an institutionalised attitude to the contrary
exists within most if not all of our many constabularies,
and it is this attitude which is the root cause of the
present level of mutual distrust and friction between
the shooting community of the UK and our Police as a body.
To recommend that IG should "Stay with the professionals"
demonstrates clearly the attitude of which many
subscribers are rightly critical, the defensive "Us vs
Them" of the canteen. Some of the criticism directed at
the police on this site may be unfounded, but an awful
lot of it is very perceptive and arises from often harsh
personal experience.
By posting on this site you are taking part in a public
debate. If you do not like it, then it may indeed be
appropriate for you to "Stay with the professionals" and
indulge in the Internet equivalent of funny handshakes in
your own increasingly isolated little world.
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