Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

2SticksPureRage t1_iy9dnfh wrote

Reply to comment by blackkristos in Augusta police cruiser was unlocked and running, with AR-15 rifle inside, when stolen, according to court documents by benpinette

Essentially when you power citizens with high powered weaponry the police also need to have said high power weaponry.

There was a case a long time ago (don’t remember where) of two bank robbers that had high powered guns and when the cops showed up they had to retreat because they basically brought knives to a gun fight. I think they had to go to a nearby gun store to equip themselves with the correct weaponry. I could be wrong with some details though.

−1

zzorga t1_iya1dk2 wrote

You're thiking of the North Hollywood shootout, the police's inadequacy had nothing to do with the robbers rifles but in the body armor they were wearing. .38s and buckshot have terrible penetration against hard armor.

3

2SticksPureRage t1_iycoabx wrote

Thanks for clarifying that. I couldn’t think of the event or where it was to google it myself.

Although I did find this:

“The robbers wore homemade body armor which successfully protected them from handgun rounds and shotgun pellets fired by the responding officers. A law enforcement SWAT team eventually arrived with better weapons, but they had little effect on the heavy body armor used by the two perpetrators. The SWAT team also commandeered an armored car to evacuate the wounded. Several officers additionally equipped themselves with AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles from a nearby firearms dealer.”

I believe firing handguns at body armor was an inadequacy hence why they needed to go get AR15s. They had fully automatic weapons to the officers handguns. I think my point stands.

1