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Old 2007-09-17, 09:43 AM   #1
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Good morning world

Looks to be a nice day down here too. At least it is if you like +90F temps with a little rain later.

I saw on the news this morning that police -- and I don't mean SWAT, I mean regular patrol officers -- in Miami are now going to be allowed to carry assault rifles, in an effort to level the playing field with criminals who use them. Anyone know of any other cities in the USA where the police are going around armed this way? I'm not sure Miami is the first, but it'll be interesting to see what the criminals start carrying in an effort to keep the playing field unlevel.

Oh well, in the meantime, here's wishing a great start of the week to all who'd like to have one.





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Old 2007-09-17, 09:59 AM   #2
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I saw on the news this morning that police -- and I don't mean SWAT, I mean regular patrol officers -- in Miami are now going to be allowed to carry assault rifles, in an effort to level the playing field with criminals who use them. Anyone know of any other cities in the USA where the police are going around armed this way? I'm not sure Miami is the first, but it'll be interesting to see what the criminals start carrying in an effort to keep the playing field unlevel.
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Old 2007-09-17, 01:22 PM   #3
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Anyone know of any other cities in the USA where the police are going around armed this way? I'm not sure Miami is the first, but it'll be interesting to see what the criminals start carrying in an effort to keep the playing field unlevel.

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Not 100% sure, but LA I think is one of the first to do this, that huge gun battle they had (10 years ago???) that made the movie "Heat" look G rated was 100 cops with pea shooters vs 2 guys with body armor and massive amounts of bullets and assault rifles, I've seen a show on discovery about it (I think it’s called 43 mins or something) and they talked about being out gunned and that in the future all cops will have better weapons.
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Old 2007-09-17, 02:14 PM   #4
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...Anyone know of any other cities in the USA where the police are going around armed this way? I'm not sure Miami is the first, but it'll be interesting to see what the criminals start carrying in an effort to keep the playing field unlevel.
We've been peppered with sonic booms all morning, does that count?

Building today and the kids have a half day. I'm looking forward to the game tonight.

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