nao comments on NSW police will be armed with military-style rifles from Sunday. How will Australians respond?

[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (5 children)

They had guns before but "were outgunned during Bondi beach massacre due to lack of long-arm rifles"

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 4 points 6 days ago (2 children)

That still says nothing about their training and ability of the police officers. I want top of the line police officers first, then give them whatever tools they need.

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[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago (1 child)

No, but I imagine giving a poorly trained officer a rifle doesn't make it much worse, when they already had a handgun. So it wouldn't be a problem introduced by this change.

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 4 points 6 days ago

You can do a lot more damage a lot faster and from a lot further away with a high power rifle. But yes, ideally we have all the firearm cops being trained to the highest standards.

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

A similar thing led to America's current police culture.

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[–] emmy5482 1 point 5 days ago

Really feels like the answer is to disarm more people so they can't be "outgunned".

Especially since they'd shot 11 people in less than 30 seconds none of which were cops.

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