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NSW police will be armed with military-style rifles from Sunday. How will Australians respond? (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 13 points 6 days ago (6 children)

I care less about the "military" style of the guns, and more about the training these cops have. Do they have high standards for trigger discipline? Are they terrified of dogs and will cap one if it barks? Will they consider the ramifications of what happens if they miss their target and the round hits someone behind? Are they capable of deescalating a situation?

I have no problem with well armed cops, and I don't even care if they are paid well, but they need to be of the highest standard. Wish the journalists would dig into that rather than lazily fearmongering about "military style" rifles.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 days ago (5 children)
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  • [–] 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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  • [–] 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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  • [–] 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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    • [–] 4 points 6 days ago

    Ah! Back to the good old prison days! This time they're keeping people out.

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    [–] 2 points 5 days ago

    ACAB. Cops shouldn't have these weapons.

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    [–] 6 points 5 days ago (3 children)

    Ugh, as a Yank (I believe that is what y'all call me), I'm sad to see our style of policing spreading to civilized countries.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 days ago

    In this case it isn't the Americanisation of NSW police. It is the Isrealification. Some might say there isn't much difference.

    There was an abhorrent attack on Jewish people at Bondi. Australian's reject political violence and were shocked by this incident. We do not want this bullshit in our county. Unfortunately ZIonists used the incident to push their political agenda down our throats. Jewish people do have some legitimate fears but this country is not a war zone and we should not behave like one.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago

    It's sad to see this global rise in authoritarianism. With the capitalist power structures under threat the parasite class will wipe many of us out then scurry off to their bunkers before the climate collapse disables us all

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    • [–] 2 points 4 days ago

    Jesus there's some rogue shit that happens in NSW

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