Gadgets whining about routinely arming police with tasers ratchets up to an even shriller level as a result of this incident. I suspect that what Gadget and his acolytes really want is another way to distance themselves from the public. The taser would swiftly become a tool of compliance*, and the childish squeals for routine arming would escalate.
Which is all well and good; but if the pronouncements of the police themselves are to be believed then it's all a bit unnecessary anyway as we live in such a safe and crime free society. How many times have we heard a weaselly police spokesman stating the police 'just want us all to be safe?' We know that that is just bollocks.
Let's not forget that the police and government believe that the good old general public have no need to protect themselves and are viciously denied the tools to do so anyway.
In the rare cases where someone runs amok there seems to be little that can done, such behaviour is somewhat unpredictable after all. What is somewhat more predictable is that we will suffer from crimes that are targeted against our person or property, when these occur the police are of course unlikely to anywhere near and we have no recourse to even basic weapons such as batons or pepper spray - even in our own homes. We are on our own.
When the public has the right to own and use weapons in their own defence, I suspect that we may see a more sympathetic view to arming our police.
Until then the police will just have to accept that they will have to continue to face dangerous situations better armed, better protected and better supported that any member of the public. Joining the police is a choice. If you are finding it too difficult, too dangerous or too stressful, then change job!
It's your career choice.
* Link contains some disturbing pictures and video footage.
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