glock

I’ve watched this video several times and I used to own a Glock and I still can’t seem to get it right.

Watch this DEA Agent, just after saying “I’m the only one in this room profesional enough, that I know of, to carry this Glock .40″.

The Police are moving guns from the station to their cars:

A project to make firearms more readily available to frontline police is a step towards “general arming”, the Police Association says.

The project will see existing stocks of Glock pistols and Bushmaster rifles moved from storage in police stations to response vehicles.

Police Association representative Craig Prior, of Christchurch, said the project was a “step forward”.

“It’s a natural progression to what we would prefer – general arming at some stage in the future,” he said.

Prior said the move would make policing safer.

“It gives a tactical option which most officers don’t have access to. They’re entitled to use firearms and trained and qualified to do so, but now they will have access to them should the need arise, which is a good thing,” he said.

Farrar of course has gone all limp-wristed over this. I’d much rather have the guns on the cop’s hips in holsters than sitting in cars. The criminals are already armed, even a slight delay for the Police in protecting themselves is a delay that could get a cop killed.

The problem the Police will have now is providing suitable training for their officers. With pistols especially rounds down range is the key to accuracy.

Yesterday the Greens and Mana were all up in arms over Taser statistics:

Mr Locke yesterday said the latest statistics raised a number of issues about the weapons.

“Certainly they’re being fired disproportionately at Maori. The reasons for that are something we should look into.”

Mr Locke was also concerned that police were too quick to use Tasers on people with mental health issues – 58 during the 11-month period.

Mana Party spokeswoman Annette Sykes said that despite Mr Harawira’s warning “there has been this disproportionate outcome for Maori and Polynesian individuals which is a sad indictment on us”.

Both Ms Sykes and Mr Locke pointed to the fact that Tasers had been drawn and pointed at people 499 times during the past year and fired 88 times. That, they said, suggested police were using them as “instruments of control” rather than as a last resort to be used to protect the lives of police and the public.

I would like the Greens and Mana to tell me why Maori and Pacific Islanders disproportionately commit crimes against other New Zealanders.

The simple fact is that if Maori and Pacific Island peoples do not want to disproportionately feature in Taser statistics then they shouldn;t also feature disproportionately in crime statistics full stop.

I have never had a taser presented at me because I have never over stepped reasonable behaviour that is expected of law abiding citizens so far that a Police officer has felt there is no other alternative other than to present a taser at me.

The solution to the “problem” lies with the individuals. Stop acting like complete morons and inconsiderate assholes and the Police will stop pointing tasers at you.

What the Greens and Mana are suggesting is that the Police get called to an incident, get out of their car, see that it involves a Maori or a Pacific Islander and then leap straight to Brown = Taser in their decision making processes. Fanciful, I know, but this is the “thinking” that these drop-kicks are employing.

How about we have a little experiment? The police could demonstrate the Taser on Keith Locke and Annette Sykes, so they can really know how it feels. Then after that they can demonstrate a Glock on them and after the experiment ask them which they prefer.

Police I speak to seem to think so and is it any wonder when you see the turn around happening in the police and the support their minister gives them.

The single biggest thing though that has raised moral was the removal of the two top cops from the bullshit castle and appointing popular and competent senior police into those roles.

Peter Marshall has made an immediate impact by backing his troops and calling for better protection of them and Mike Bush has got proven results in Counties-Manukau by going back to good solid policing tactics. Both men are well respected by their officers and lead from the front not from behind a desk.

Judith Collins is backing them too with her support for the new Commissioner’s comments yesterday.

The minister is backing new Police Commissioner Peter Marshall, who yesterday revealed he intended to grant frontline police greater access to tasers and firearms, as well as relaxing the restrictions on when officers can use tasers.

He wanted lock-boxes in each of 2700-odd frontline police vehicles, each containing a Glock, a rifle, ballistic armour and a taser.

He also wanted police officers to be able to take a taser into a situation, such as a domestic violence, without the current restriction of needing approval from a supervisor via the communications centre.

Ms Collins said Commissioner Marshall had her full support.

“I think he’s absolutely right. I’ve been out with the frontlines a lot. It’s harder to get a taser out than it is to get a Glock out, and frankly that doesn’t make sense to me.

“A taser is a non-lethal option and it should be easier for police officers to be able to take it with them when they go into situations, without necessarily having encountered a threat.

“They should be able to use their discretion and we should be backing them to use their discretion … The public are very aware that the police are not misusing them at all, and that they do save lives, not only members of the public but also offenders.”

It was a ridiculous situation where the Police had to jump through too many hops to deploy a non-lethal devices and very few to deploy a Glock. I know what I’d rather be hit with and that is a taser rather than having a 9mm hole drilled in me.

What we now have with our Police force is a return to confident, competent police chiefs and a minister willing to back them. No wonder there is a huge turn around in moral within the ranks and no wonder that crime over all is dropping with more cops on the street and crims being banged up for longer. Only the truly sad liberal panty-waists are complaining about locking up our crims in jail. most New Zealanders simply want to live in peace and quiet without the predations of the criminal class.

It is little wonder that Judith Collins appears to be the most popular police minister ever.

I note in the news that the US is again reacting to a terror alert by shutting the gate after the horse has bolted. These actions are only pissing people off and won’t do anything to halt a determined terrorist.

My solution however is far better. It stops terrorism dead in its track, literally.

Just issue every passenger and every crew member with a Glock 25 (simple easy to use with little or no training) and one bullet. One bullet isn’t enough to hijack a plane and the terrorist if he/she tries will be filled with lead in about 20 seconds by the other 200 passengers. The Glock 25 is in .380 Auto which is compact and light, but has a relatively short range and less stopping power than other modern pistol cartridges. it generates only 1000 f/ps (300 m/s) muzzle velocity compare that with the traditional 9mm which generates 435 m/s (1,430 ft/s). That difference is big enough to put holes in terrorists but unlikely to penetrate an airliner cabin. You could use a .22lr pistol but with a hyped up terrorist that just might only make him angry.

You could incorporate how to shoot terrorists into the pre-flight briefing, somewhere after the seat-belt and life-jacket explanation.

The pistols can be handed in at the end of the flight as passengers leave the aircraft.

To show how easy they are to use watch these videos as a shooter loads and racks the slide with only one hand, so even cripples could do it.