We as a society give guns to our Police.

[Agschmid]

We empower them to make the decision to use those guns, should we change that?

[JohLast]

1. Change it to what?

[JaneyVee]

2. Change it to England.

[Agschmid]

6. Yes that was the gist.

[Action_Patrol]

8. Get a time machine.

It's far too late for that In this country.

You can't very well have a populace armed to the teeth and law enforcement with sticks.

[Volaris]

19. I don't buy that. LOCAL law enfircement

Are nearly batman WITHOUT the firearms. Require them to be fire-armed, but keep that shit in the car. Anything that requires local law enforcement to use MORE than riot shotguns with pepperspray rounds requires a SWAT Team ANYWAY.

[Action_Patrol]

20. Pepper spray?

Pepper spray doesn't work on everyone.
They are supposed to respond to a possible crime unarmed and run to a car if they need a gun? That doesn't make a lot of sense.

We live In a country where the Supreme Court has determined that people have a right to carry guns. You can't very well take that same right away from the person you expect to show up to enforce law.

Hell, we have open carry idiots all over the place.

[Agschmid]

7. Change it so they don't have them.

[Taurusny22]

15. Agschmid please

Would you honestly go on patrol without a gun-knowing how many illegal guns are out there. Would you walk a foot post in East New York or the Bronx?

[Agschmid]

17. I honestly would not be a cop.

In my opinion there should be no guns, but at this point it seems to be a moot point here in America.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

3. Yes.

So how do we do it? Referendums at the state level to place restrictions on police armaments and use of force?

[Agschmid]

5. First people need to vote.

That's the first change.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

9. We've been voting for more than 200 years.

When does voting actually start to work?

People are giving up on voting because it doesn't actually deliver.

[bigwillq]

10. Great post.

[Agschmid]

12. We *all* need to vote.

We all need to understand how our civic responsibility can help shape events like this.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

13. We need direct democracy.

We need changes coming as a result of referenda from the citizens, for the citizens.

Our elected 'representatives' do not represent us.

[PowerToThePeople]

11. Ban All Guns!!!

Even the pig's guns.

[Jenoch]

14. What is your plan to accomplish such a lofty goal?

[derby378]

16. This oughta be good

[otohara]

18. 461 American's Killed Last Year

holy fucking shit. That's not counting the ones they don't consider felons - all the accidentals are left out, forgotten.

More than the last two decades in one year.