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Originally Posted by kane
Sadly, many police departments are underfunded and don't have that equipment. A friend of mine is a cop and the department he works for only got the shotguns that shoot the less-lethal rounds about 4 years ago and they got tazers about 2 years ago. There are many police departments that don't have either.
This doesn't mean that they should just open fire on anyone, but I just wanted to point out that in many departments less-lethal options aren't available.
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This is part of the overall problem, obviously, and lends itself to everyone just passing the buck to circumstances x, y, and z. We can achieve some pretty spectacular things, and have done, and continue to do so, but a 1st world country can't solve the situation where instant death is the 'only' route in a scenario like this
