Police Carrying Guns At All Times Is “Inevitable”
BY Herschel Smith
5 years, 2 months ago
The president of the Police Association says it’s only a matter of time until police carry guns at all times.
His comment comes as police search for a man in the central North Island who allegedly pulled a gun on two officers and stole their car on Saturday night.
Chris Cahill says the incident highlights the risk that many officers face.
“It’s pretty scary and it’s just an add-on to so many others we’ve had,” he told the AM Show on Monday.
Cahill says that in the six months since March this year, there have been 179 incidents where criminals have pointed a gun at either an officer or a member of the public.
“It’s a bit more common than a lot of us realise,” he says.
“It continues to be a big concern in New Zealand – there’s just far too many firearms in the hands of criminals.”
Cahill says around 72 percent of frontline officers in his association support being armed at all times.
“What are you going to say to those officers who get a gun pointed at them and have nothing to protect themselves with?”
He says the Government’s gun buyback scheme introduced following the Christchurch mosque shootings is a great first step in limiting the number of firearms in circulation in the country.
“It’s great those New Zealanders that are handing in their firearms,” he says. “We know criminals arm themselves by stealing them from licensed firearm owners, so if we can get those sort of firearms out of the community and make sure security is better for the other firearms then there’s less chance of criminals having them and New Zealand will be safer all around for that.”
This is truly rich. He advocates the disarming of the peaceable population so that criminals won’t have access to stolen firearms, so that cops won’t get guns pulled on them.
You read that right. “What are you going to say to those officers who get a gun pointed at them and have nothing to protect themselves with?”
The same thing you say to anyone else who gets a gun pointed at them and has nothing to protect themselves with. Welcome to gun control, where no one is safe. It sucks to be you. Glad you could join the party.
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On October 1, 2019 at 6:30 pm, ROFuher said:
If one can count on anything in NZ, it is that the PM and any police spokesman allowed to stand in front of a camera will always have a sanctimonious attitude for their fellow citizens dialled up to 11.
“You will think and agree with our opinion, because we are better than you.”