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Mostly Genius – September 2, 2009
Baltimore County Police Chief Jim Johnson says that
Tasers are too dangerous for private citizens. I think this is a terrible idea, not because Tasers are useful for private citizens, but because they are useful for the police.
The reason they are useful for the police is because they are an effective low level of force. If you make the case that they are too dangerous for regular people to use then doesn’t that make them a higher level of force? I can see the defense attorney already:
“…the police then used a weapon on my client that is so dangerous, private citizens aren’t even allowed to possess it…”
Posted by
Mostly Genius – August 21, 2009
Snowflakes points to a case where the police insist on testing a gun that the owner handed over after a traffic accident.
I think it is a waste of time and resources for the police to run a ballistics test on any firearm that happens to come into their possession, especially from situations that are not crime scenes.
From the article it seems to me that the police have a “policy” that is at odds with the law.
Posted by
Mostly Genius – August 17, 2009
Open Carry at a protest where Obama is going to be. I am not sure how I feel about this one. It’s good that the police aren’t overreacting, but this has a lot of potential for going sideways in a hurry. A crackpot or a plant could create a lot of bad (worse) press.
Posted by
Mostly Genius – August 16, 2009
Two-Four is rightly upset about a police use of force incident. Just because you can use force doesn’t mean you should. I have written about the 21 foot rule before.
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