Published on Feb 9, 2013 by NOLATAC
From YouTube user : http://www.youtube.com/user/EJ20Legac…
“Emeryville, CA Police Chief Ken James claims it is a myth that guns have a defensive purpose. He says that “Police Officers do not carry a gun as a defensive weapon” and, further, explicitly states that they are carried by officers for offensive use only — that they use them “to intimidate and to show power.”
Does anybody else find this frightening? My personal thoughts on police officers, civilians, and weapons in the context of this are as follows:
One cannot claim that patrol officers have a reason to carry weapons that civilians do not. Officers do not operate in a theater of war. Notwithstanding what Chief James said (something I have NEVER heard a police officer claim before), patrol officers carry weapons for defensive purposes only; to protect themselves from the exact same criminal elements that the citizens need to protect themselves from. Nothing a patrol officer encounters on the street is different in any way from what we may encounter on the street or breaking into our homes. If an AR-15 is suitable for an officer to use in their defense and in the defense of innocents, it is suitable for a civilian to own and use. In fact, the weapons, magazines, and ammunition carried by police should serve as a PRIME example of exactly what weapons should be owned by civilians. Much thought and testing has gone into the choice of sidearms, long guns, and ancillary parts (mags, ammunition, etc) for police use to maximize both efficacy and safety (for example, hollow point bullets that do not over-penetrate).
Bottom line: if it is deemed necessary for a police officer to have a pistol with a 17-round capacity to defend him/herself, then me, a citizen without the benefit of backup or body armor, most definitely should enjoy that same option to protect my home and family from the exact same criminals the police face.
Many claim that the ONLY purpose of “high capacity” magazines and AR-15-style rifles is to kill as many people as possible as quickly as possible. Is that, then, why the Police have them? Maybe Chief James would say yes!
The Supreme Court’s Heller decision, which cited previous Supreme Court decisions, stated that the Second Amendment specifically protects firearms that are “in common use,” and that are suitable for militia use. Again, our police departments serve as an ideal example for the types of weapons and related parts that are protected for ownership by “the people” under either or both of these qualifiers. Nearly every department in the country issues or provides access to AR-15-style rifles with their standard-capacity 30-round magazines for use by Patrol Officers. They have been the most popular style of rifles purchased by civilians in the U.S., by a huge margin, for many years running. The number currently in private hands in the U.S. is approaching 4 million. They DEFINE “in common use.” They DEFINE “suitable for militia use.” So, too, do semi-automatic pistols with their standard-capacity magazines ranging from 12 to 19 rounds. Pistols like these have been outselling revolvers by a massive margin for decades, and practically no police department in the country issues or even allows officers to carry revolvers. Again, as the public must defend themselves, their families, and their homes without the benefit of backup and body armor, yet face the exact same types of threats that officers do, it makes PERFECT sense that any firearms and ancillary accessories that the police are allowed to carry should also be allowed for civilian ownership and use. Heck, considering what Newsweek said — that law-abiding American citizens using guns in self-defense during 2003 shot and killed two and one-half times as many criminals as police did, and did so with fewer than one-fifth as many incidents as police where an innocent person was mistakenly identified as a criminal (2% versus 11%) — maybe citizens aren’t the ones who need to be restricted.”
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“When we encounter that gun, that is a high stress, high intensity situation for us…and it scares us.” says Police Chief Ken James.
WOW!! Cops afraid of guns? Well then why the hell did they become police officers in the first place if they fear being shot at by a gun? That’s like saying, I’m a fireman who is scared of fires or a doctor who is afraid of touching blood. WTF????!!!! THEN FIND ANOTHER JOB, ASSHOLES!!! OMG!! The sheer lunacy is beyond belief.
Also, you can’t blame this police chief as he has almost a dozen people surrounding him and watching him very closely during this speech, suffocating him as if they are psychologically pointing a gun at him if he does not say what they want him to. Just look at the people around him and then look at his face. He is scared shitless and if he doesn’t say this, he and his family will be shot dead. Just look at his face. It’s red. It’s panicky. There’s probably some sweat under his brow and you can’t tell me it is because he is in a room full of people.
You know, good! I’m glad they are scared of us and our guns. They should be because they now know how we feel when they give us a “high stress and high intensity situation” when they beat us to the ground, taser us and don’t listen to a word we say because they feel “stressed or threatened” in some way. Those bastards took an oath to serve and protect NOT harass and enslave the people. Who cares about how it effects their lives. Their job is to protect the innocent people FIRST and then their lives second. That’s what the job entails and what they signed up for. Just like a soldier in the military. If they can’t do that job, then go work at Walmart for minimum wage and receive food stamps for the rest of your life. At least there, you’ll get a paycheck and don’t have to worry about being shot at. Bastards!
He’s from Calif NC and his face is red because he’s drunk and if not at the time then for sure before and after the vid.Damn right he’s scared he’s probley pissin his pants cause he knows he’s gonna get an ass woopin for his comments.Only in calif,damn i’m glad i got out of there.
So only 55 officers killed nationwide last year! how many unarmed citizens were beat up, tazed,peppersprayed,shot or killed by these wonderfull israeli trained comrades? and you can bet yer ass its gonna get worse.
I was a victim who was tased by the police last year for no reason. You can add me to that list of people.
“to intimidate and to show power.”
Isn’t brandishing a weapon considered a crime?
Yes, for us not for them.
This guy is a police chief? Sounds more like a speech writer for Diane feinstein.
Apparently James is an ‘Israel Firster’ (enemy alien fifth columnist) or an idiot.