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I care less about the "military" style of the guns, and more about the training these cops have. Do they have high standards for trigger discipline? Are they terrified of dogs and will cap one if it barks? Will they consider the ramifications of what happens if they miss their target and the round hits someone behind? Are they capable of deescalating a situation?
I have no problem with well armed cops, and I don't even care if they are paid well, but they need to be of the highest standard. Wish the journalists would dig into that rather than lazily fearmongering about "military style" rifles.
They had guns before but "were outgunned during Bondi beach massacre due to lack of long-arm rifles"
That still says nothing about their training and ability of the police officers. I want top of the line police officers first, then give them whatever tools they need.
No, but I imagine giving a poorly trained officer a rifle doesn't make it much worse, when they already had a handgun. So it wouldn't be a problem introduced by this change.
You can do a lot more damage a lot faster and from a lot further away with a high power rifle. But yes, ideally we have all the firearm cops being trained to the highest standards.
Really feels like the answer is to disarm more people so they can't be "outgunned".
Especially since they'd shot 11 people in less than 30 seconds none of which were cops.
A similar thing led to America's current police culture.