It’s a PR move on the GCPD’s part, so the lamestream media will actually get one thing right when reporting incidents 😀
When cops in my li’l township wanted to carry “patrol carbines” (AR15’s) in their cruisers I was somewhat surprised, having assumed that they’d done it for years. My second reaction was, “why not M1 carbines, or one of the nifty li’l 9MM jobs in tacticool black?” I understand the occasional need for a slightly longer shot/ better sight radius, but these guys are NOT exactly SWAT, and I’d feel a whole lot better knowing there weren’t FMJ .223’s ricocheting all over the suburbs. The cynic in me figures that these guys have no clue WHY a carbine is advantageous, and just wanted some cool new toys to show off.
January 3rd, 2010 at 3:31 pm
It’s a PR move on the GCPD’s part, so the lamestream media will actually get one thing right when reporting incidents 😀
When cops in my li’l township wanted to carry “patrol carbines” (AR15’s) in their cruisers I was somewhat surprised, having assumed that they’d done it for years. My second reaction was, “why not M1 carbines, or one of the nifty li’l 9MM jobs in tacticool black?” I understand the occasional need for a slightly longer shot/ better sight radius, but these guys are NOT exactly SWAT, and I’d feel a whole lot better knowing there weren’t FMJ .223’s ricocheting all over the suburbs. The cynic in me figures that these guys have no clue WHY a carbine is advantageous, and just wanted some cool new toys to show off.
January 4th, 2010 at 4:02 am
Time to hang 14 Goose Creek cops and one school principal.