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Title: How many more times
Post by: Snoopy on November 24, 2008, 12:51:42 PM

Are they going to "announce" this?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7745137.stm

Anything to take our minds of the problems of the day.  Banghead

Title: Re: How many more times
Post by: Uncle Mort on November 24, 2008, 01:07:48 PM

I don't think either of us would care to be tasered what with our heart problems like.

Title: Re: How many more times
Post by: Snoopy on November 24, 2008, 01:09:16 PM

Indeed not ~ my fear is that a lot of cops are at best trigger happy lunatics who only went into the Force because of their personality problems.

Title: Re: How many more times
Post by: Nick on November 24, 2008, 01:18:45 PM

Is this part of the preparations for the ID card refusals and forthcoming bread riots?

Title: Re: How many more times
Post by: Uncle Mort on November 24, 2008, 01:32:21 PM

Yes.

Title: Re: How many more times
Post by: Grumpmeister on November 24, 2008, 02:02:19 PM

I have a sneaking suspicion that this is part of a long term staged process to arming the entire police force. First roll out tasers as a test, then incrementally roll them out across the whole of the force. Then after a while slowly increase the number of firearms officers claiming that they are needed in order to fight the terrorist threat.

Title: Re: How many more times
Post by: Nick on November 24, 2008, 02:20:47 PM

Police state beckons

Title: Re: How many more times
Post by: Uncle Mort on November 24, 2008, 02:26:02 PM

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Title: Re: How many more times
Post by: Barman on November 24, 2008, 03:16:59 PM

It was interesting on the radio this morning...

The spokesperson was saying how important they were and how it was only fair for the police to be armed with a Tazer when facing a gunman or knife-wielding homicidal maniac... and how it was better for the gunman or knife-wielding homicidal maniac to be 'shot' with a Tazer than a Smith and Wesson, etc.

When Humphries asked him if they were to be used instead of guns he went into blather mode...

Police state it is then... put plastic in your cardboard bin and you'll get the full 500,000 Volts for your carelessness...  noooo: