Cookeville On Patrol
From the Herald-Citizen:
COOKEVILLE — Law enforcement officials in Putnam County could soon besporting a new piece of equipment — semiautomaticassaultpatrol rifles.
TheCity of Cookeville will receive grant funds totaling $13,197 topurchase approximately a dozenassaultpatrol rifles for the Cookeville Policeand Putnam County Sheriff's departments. Theassaultrifles have been aconstant request of the city force, City Manager Jim Shipley said, butone that was routinely cut from budget proposals. The grant willrequire no matching money.
"The Cookeville Police Departmentneeds to procure semiautomaticassaultpatrol rifles to enhance its capabilityto respond to terrorist acts that may occur in the future," a programnarrative released by the city says. "While acts of domestic terrorismcan strike virtually anywhere in this country, representatives of theTennessee Office of Homeland Security have been notifying lawenforcement agencies in our area about possible threats posed by activesubversive groups in this part of the state.
"AssaultPatrolrifles would give police officers (as the warriors in residence in ourcommunities) the capability to provide an immediate response to theseacts in hopes of mitigating the potential loss of life. The time toprepare is before (not during) a time of need."
Read more: Herald Citizen - Police to get semiautomaticassaultpatrol rifles
Thought you might like a recent posting I did on gun ownership and the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes.
http://pinione.blogspot.com/2010/06/applying-political-philosophy-of-thomas.html
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The whole problem of the patrol rifle is that people believe that police departments will use them to defend the community. The SCOTUS decided years ago that police officers and police departments cannot be sued or prosecuted for failing to prevent a crime or for failing to stop a crime in process. So how will these "patrol rifles" serve the community?
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