Re: Ping: Jim (Napco PCI-Mini)

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin2001@xxxxxxxxx>]

Robert L Bass wrote:
> "G. Morgan" <usenet_abuse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:gkpof510oo7osntg84b2s77oks26hcq15e@xxxxxxxxxx
>> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:47:35 -0500, "Robert L Bass"
>> <Sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide
>>> police officers, criminal investigators, and game law
>>> enforcement officers of the Department of Defense with
>>> authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry
>>> firearms.
>>
>>
>> I don't see a problem with that, if they are already LEO's.
>
> They are.  YThe whole thing is a straw man -- just something else to
> bitch about.
>
>> I've seen the Federal Police in Social Security offices,
>> Veteran's Hospitals, and at the Federal Reserve Bank.
>> They look plenty qualified to me, (the reserve bank has
>> it's own indoor shooting range).  State game wardens
>> already are armed in TX.  And DoD investigators
>> should have arrest and authority to carry weapons
>> (since they put themselves in danger too).
>
> Americans sometimes don't realize how good we have it in this country.
> As you know I travel to South America a lot.  In Brazil there are cops
> in every bank holding machine guns.  They invariably have a finger on
> the trigger and the safety is *never* on.  I don't mind having them
> around as street crime is a lot worse there than here.  But you have to
> wonder what would happen if one of these guys suddenly has a major
> sneeze.  :^)
>

In the Philippines you got the same thing at all the burger joints &
bars.  Only it's usually a shotgun - a pretty short one too.

Wherever you go to spend money you can rely on two things - if you're
American you'll be overcharged, and there will be two fellas with
shotguns watching over you.