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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 999470" data-attributes="member: 14668">The police had for some time been requesting to be issued &quot;patrol rifles&quot; such as AR-15&#039;s. That request was opposed by liberal, anti-gun city councelors who felt that such &quot;assault weapons&quot; had &quot;no place on our streets&quot;. As a result, the beat cops that were the first to arrive on the scene were armed only with 9mm handguns and 12 gauge shotguns.... short range weapons incapable of defeating body armor and lacking the accuracy needed for head shots. Out of desperation, the cops resorted to going to a local gun store to obtain suitable weaponry. One officer armed with a scoped AR-15 could have easily taken both robbers down with head shots from 200 yards away...but such rifles were only issued to SWAT teams that took precious minutes to finally arrive. As a result of the shootout, that ridiculous policy was changed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 999470, member: 14668"] The police had for some time been requesting to be issued "patrol rifles" such as AR-15's. That request was [I]opposed[/I] by liberal, anti-gun city councelors who felt that such "assault weapons" had "no place on our streets". As a result, the beat cops that were the first to arrive on the scene were armed only with 9mm handguns and 12 gauge shotguns.... short range weapons incapable of defeating body armor and lacking the accuracy needed for head shots. Out of desperation, the cops resorted to going to a local gun store to obtain suitable weaponry. [I]One[/I] officer armed with a scoped AR-15 could have [I]easily[/I] taken both robbers down with head shots from 200 yards away...but such rifles were only issued to SWAT teams that took precious minutes to finally arrive. As a result of the shootout, that ridiculous policy was changed. [/QUOTE]

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