Question: How do you tell the difference between a British  Police Officer, an Australian Police Officer and an American Police  Officer?
               
Answer
First - Lets pose the following  question:
               
You're on duty by yourself walking on a deserted  street  late at night. Suddenly, an armed man with a huge knife comes  around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, raises the  knife, and lunges at you. You are carrying a Glock .40, and you are an  expert shot, however you have only a split second to react before he  reaches
you.
What do you do?
               
BRITISH  POLICE OFFICER:
             
Firstly the officer must make a  risk assessment and  consider the man's Human  Rights:

1) Does the man look poor or  oppressed?
2) Is he newly arrived in this country and does  not yet understand the law?
3) Have I ever done anything to him that would  inspire him to attack?
4) Am I dressed provocatively?
5) Could I run away?
6) Could I possibly swing my gun like a club and  knock the knife out of his hand?
7) Should I try and negotiate with him to  discuss his wrong doings?
8) Does the Glock have appropriate safety built  into it?
9) Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and  what kind of message does this send to society?
10) Does he definitely want to kill me, or would  he be content just to wound me?
11) If I were to grab his knees and hold on,  would he still want to stab and kill me?
12) If I raise my gun and he turns and runs  away, do I get blamed if he falls over, knocks his head and kills  himself? .
13) If I shoot and wound him, and lose the  subsequent court case, does he have the opportunity to sue me, cost me  my job, my credibility and the loss of my family home?
               
AUSTRALIAN POLICE OFFICER:
BANG!
               
               
AMERICAN POLICE  OFFICER:
BANG!  BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
BANG! BANG!  BANG!   'click'....
(Sergeant  arrives at scene later and remarks: 'Nice  grouping!)
       

LOL!!!!!!

In this useless, USA-replica cuntry (spelling intentional), guns
are illegal for the citizens.

So WHY do the cops carry them?

More importantly, why are they ALLOWED to?

Pommy cops aren't gunned-up like a para-military force.

The NSW cops are, as, it seems, are the Vic cops.

Comes back to the Seppolian 'guns rule' mentality.



BTW....remember when the coward Howard took our guns?

Did you hand YOURS in?

I didn't. Bugger my 70-year-old FN Mauser getting melted-down.

Fuggem!

Kat wrote on Jul 13^th, 2012 at 11:18am:

In this useless, USA-replica cuntry (spelling intentional), guns are illegal for the citizens. So WHY do the cops carry them? More importantly, why are they ALLOWED to? Pommy cops aren't gunned-up like a para-military force. The NSW cops are, as, it seems, are the Vic cops. Comes back to the Seppolian 'guns rule' mentality. BTW....remember when the coward Howard took our guns? Did you hand YOURS in? I didn't. Bugger my 70-year-old FN Mauser getting melted-down. Fuggem!

Actually, the reason was The Rocks Push gang in Sydney in the 1870s to 1890s.....They used to beat up police officers who, like the British police, weren't armed....