From the Sunday April 30th East Valley Tribune.
I HATE these idiots!
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Within a year, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio acquired 130 M-16s -- a gift from the U.S. military, which also has promised future donations of larger-caliber M-14s, he said. Arpaio eventually wants all 550 deputies to have a rifle when they are on patrol.
"Nothing is too much firepower," he said of the guns, which can fire 30 rounds in 3 to 4 seconds.
Arpaio said his deputies need the rifles, state-of-the-art body armor and bulletproof film for their patrol cars because they are often on their own against the bad guys. Unlike a city police officer, county deputies work in places where backup help is not available or is some distance away, he said.
"So, I am giving my deputies the tools they need to not only protect themselves, but the public as well," Arpaio said. "I think we are the only agency that issues the M-16 to patrol officers
"So far, we have been lucky. We haven't had to use them."
East Valley officers may not carry M-16s. But departments from Gilbert to Scottsdale are turning to a semiautomatic [evil(my insert)] twin, the AR-15, another weapon that can't be sold legally to the public. Earlier versions of the guns were first used by the military during the Vietnam War.
Chandler and Scottsdale allow officers to spend their own money to buy AR-15s through the department and use on the job. Chandler taxpayers also have paid for 12 rifles to beef up the police armory. Tempe has 15 of the semiautomatic AR15s with 75 more on order, and Gilbert has 14.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety has extended use of the assault rifle across the state, receiving 200 AR15s from the military and training 600 troopers to use them.
But the two Valley cities with the most crime, Mesa and Phoenix, have yet to outfit patrol officers with any assault rifles.
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I'll let this article speak for itself...the rest of it (not printed here) throws in the regular drivel about "assault rifles". My poor wife thought I was choking on something when I read this. Then I explained to her that I was being choked by "assualt reporting."
You know there's a letter to the editor about this article!
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John/az
"When freedom is at stake, your silence is not golden, it's yellow..." RKBA!
www.cphv.com
[This message has been edited by John/az2 (edited April 30, 2000).]
I HATE these idiots!
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Within a year, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio acquired 130 M-16s -- a gift from the U.S. military, which also has promised future donations of larger-caliber M-14s, he said. Arpaio eventually wants all 550 deputies to have a rifle when they are on patrol.
"Nothing is too much firepower," he said of the guns, which can fire 30 rounds in 3 to 4 seconds.
Arpaio said his deputies need the rifles, state-of-the-art body armor and bulletproof film for their patrol cars because they are often on their own against the bad guys. Unlike a city police officer, county deputies work in places where backup help is not available or is some distance away, he said.
"So, I am giving my deputies the tools they need to not only protect themselves, but the public as well," Arpaio said. "I think we are the only agency that issues the M-16 to patrol officers
"So far, we have been lucky. We haven't had to use them."
East Valley officers may not carry M-16s. But departments from Gilbert to Scottsdale are turning to a semiautomatic [evil(my insert)] twin, the AR-15, another weapon that can't be sold legally to the public. Earlier versions of the guns were first used by the military during the Vietnam War.
Chandler and Scottsdale allow officers to spend their own money to buy AR-15s through the department and use on the job. Chandler taxpayers also have paid for 12 rifles to beef up the police armory. Tempe has 15 of the semiautomatic AR15s with 75 more on order, and Gilbert has 14.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety has extended use of the assault rifle across the state, receiving 200 AR15s from the military and training 600 troopers to use them.
But the two Valley cities with the most crime, Mesa and Phoenix, have yet to outfit patrol officers with any assault rifles.
[/quote]
I'll let this article speak for itself...the rest of it (not printed here) throws in the regular drivel about "assault rifles". My poor wife thought I was choking on something when I read this. Then I explained to her that I was being choked by "assualt reporting."
You know there's a letter to the editor about this article!
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John/az
"When freedom is at stake, your silence is not golden, it's yellow..." RKBA!
www.cphv.com
[This message has been edited by John/az2 (edited April 30, 2000).]
