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Originally Posted by acrylix
Police would stop carrying guns if they were as ineffective as you claim. Nobody is saying that having a gun means you're 100% protected. That is a ridiculous statement. Having a gun will not prevent some nut from sneaking up from behind and popping you in the head. Yes, that is true. 
However, in other situations having one will give you a better chance against an attacker than mere fisticuffs alone. I think the average cop would agree with that, otherwise they would proceed to hand over their useless firearms. |
So if a gun doesn't protect you - and in this case a well trained and armed police officer was shot and killed - why is there is a need for us to carry guns to protect ourselves?
Our need to protect ourselves just arms the nut jobs.