police

so true

Most cops don't need guns to do their jobs.

No comment on their parentage.

That may be the single stupidest thing I’ve heard today, perhaps all year.

It sounds really radical, I know, but in fact police officers aren't supposed to be shooting people. On a day-to-day basis, carrying a gun doesn't necessarily make them more effective -- and it DOES make them more likely to shoot someone.

You don’t just get to make up things that sound good. In reality, over an entire career, very few police officers will ever fire their service revolver. In fact, only 27% of police officers have ever fired their weapon during their career.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/08/a-closer-look-at-police-officers-who-have-fired-their-weapon-on-duty/%3famp=1

We agree, then. I was not trying to suggest that most police officers shoot people: that would be completely untrue. I am following the same facts that you have, and then adding an idea that follows.

We agree that: Police officers aren't supposed to be shooting people, and the vast majority of them never fire their weapons while on duty.

To me, that suggests that they don't NEED to have weapons while on duty.

The police in many other countries don't always carry guns. I am not saying that NO police should have guns, but that MOST police don't need to carry a gun on MOST days they are on duty.