The fascination with following the US down the toilet is a constant source of bemusement and terror.

It's just intimidation.

Gotta put on a strong show of force for that 3.5% of the population with a gun license.. and the 0.3% that have ever committed a violent offence.

Practically an epidemic.

/s

Not only intimidated but alienated in your own society.

Hey WA, NT, SA, VIC.

Could we just cut NSW and QLD off? They're the worst of us. ACT, we can move you to just outside Alice.

I think enough time has gone by where they can just start calling it "South Wales". /s

It's just one unit, a terrorist response unit, not all everyday cops.

and it would be expected a unit that is only activated in an active terrorist attack would be so armed

intimidation does not work on many terrorists as they expect to die any way

but a rifle might give a sniper a better chance to save lives

But ya know gotta be protected from the terrorists…

Which becomes the worse threat?

Its not going to deter shit. But it will result in a fresh crop of shitheads joining the force and cops trying to swing their dicks around even harder

Are they going to shoot the homeless?

It'll be like one enormous prison where only the guards have weapons 🙏

This is fucking stupid, I can see the point of using SMGs, but full rifles?

Way too bulky, heavy and annoying

EDIT:

I see my mistake, I ment that I can see the point of SMGs in a special situation, like in an active terror attack, not day to day, I am sorry for the confusion.

That's not gonna do anything but tell wannabe terrorists to arm up even more...