I think that the are two reasons why arming Police as a response to rising gun violence is a really bad idea. The second reason I think arming Police as a response to rising gun violence is a bad idea is because it misses the drivers of that gun violence and if you don’t understand why it’s happening the solution might exacerbate the problem not fix it. That’s the violence we are seeing, it’s a market take over by Australian criminals prepared to use a level of violence way beyond the domestic gangs ever have. Arming Police when the driver of the gun violence is a market take over by a far more violent and invasive species of criminal isn’t a solution. THAT would stop rising gun crime because you’d remove the violence escalator that is the 501s.

Source: Stuff December 08, 2021 03:58 UTC