Originally Posted by
Mr Lick
To serve and protect the public 68 police officers were gunned down in the US in 2011 which i suspect would be seen as an acceptable number of deaths to those who wish to continue to play with their 'toys' and aren't personally affected by those losses.
Wow, only 68 of more than 33,000 homicides by firearms in this year in the US, and 'gunned down' doesn't even mean 'shot dead'. Policeman must be the safest occupation in terms of bulletproofness. Comes with the license to use deadly force at their own discretion, I guess.