Do you need another reason?
Herald Sun - Nixon cool on new guns
Ms Nixon defended the force’s failure to arm officers with semi-automatic guns, saying she had seen police in other states shot with their own weapons.
As if it’s defendable to arm police officers with inferior equipment.
Her warning came as the police union said it will seek legal advice about whether force command has been negligent by failing to issue the upgraded weapons.
It has.
But Ms Nixon told a Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) hearing the weapons were not foolproof and further investigation was needed.
No weapon is fooolproof. There is always something dangerous about weapons. That’s why they are called weapons.
The current issue revolvers were very stable, very successful and had served police in Victoria and other jurisdictions well, she said.
But it only has a 6 shot cylinder. And it has an excellent history of service. But then so did the Brown Bess musket. Why aren’t the ADF using it then?
“It’s also often described as police proof, that means that when you fire it at someone it works and that’s not been the history of semi-automatics.
Bullshit. The M1911A1 has provided nearly 100 years of service with the US armed forces, and it STILL the choice of discerning pistolero.
“In fact, when I’ve watched semi-automatics introduced in NSW I also watched a number of police officers shot during the training program. They can fire on occasions when you drop them.”
Lies. The Glock 22 has 3 independent safety that makes the probility of an accidental discharge almost irrelevant.
“What I’ve now asked my finance and business management people to do is to look at the implications of that recommendation and determine a way forward, what kind of costs would be involved, what kind of fire-arm, if we did move to a semi-automatic, was the most suitable.
“(I) don’t want to go forward without giving due diligence to thinking through the issues and also the implications for the state in terms of changing to a different fire-arm.”
Like a good bearaucrat she pretends she’s doing something but she’s really doing nothing a tall. Here’s news for you. Since the 1970s all the thinking, all the implications and all the costs have been known with regards to a police force deploying with semi-automatic pistols.
There has been some catty calls to remove Commissioner Nixon. Does the Sultan of Brumbistan need another reason to get rid of her?

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