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

NSW police will be armed with military-style rifles from Sunday. How will Australians respond? (www.theguardian.com)

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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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