An interesting contrast in the wake of the Whitehaven tragedy is the contradictory attitudes towards gun possession.Some have been extremely rapid to call for even more draconian gun controls but on the other side we have been treated to 'the sounds of silence'.
How many calls have you heard for the routine arming of the Police? - A few? None?
Odd huh? Derrick Bird could have been stopped on several occasions during his rampage had the police en route been armed.
How many innocent lives might this have saved?
Police already lose their lives to criminals much more frequently since they lost the protection of the rope back in 1964.
If debate there must be - then surely it has to be on whether or not the police should be armed.
