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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
I think they can be a bit quick on the draw. I've been taken down at gunpoint twice by the CPS, once for shooting a bb gun (they monitored me using it prior to pointing guns at me), the second time was simply their mistake.
I like the idea of the police, but having had them point guns at me and essentially physically attack me, I'm a bit apprehensive of how they approach certain situations.
Being a police officer should be a dangerous profession, kind of like being a soldier. By becoming one, you accept the inherent danger involved. I don't see that they should therefore become very aggressive and defensive in protection of their own lives, at the expense of the public/people's lives.
end mini-rant.
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And I'm probably a generation older than you and been in a number of 'encounters' with the CPS for various stupid things I have done and have NEVER had a weapon of any kind pulled on me by the police.
Perhaps I'm naive but based on MY life experience, I can't imagine a CPS interaction where a gun would be pulled on someone whose actions did not warrant it.