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...arrested Nicholas Perez for assault with a firearm and knife and two counts of possession of a dangerous weapon...
...HUPD are fully trained to deal with shoot-outs, crack busts and grand theft auto--should it arise. Like any other police agents, they attend a six-month training school where they learn the intricacies of criminal law, first aid, CPR, court procedures, self-defense, patrol procedure and firearm training. Think police academy, but without Proctor. Each officer packs a gun, along with other implements of destruction like batons and mace, for stunning even the most rabid pre-med intent on stealing a little nitrous after a chem final...
...that should be the case. I might be 5'4", but that's why I went to police academy; they teach you to work with what you've got and get yourself out of a bad situation. And that's why we carry the tools that we carry--a firearm, pepper spray and a baton. I'd be justified in using my pepper spray before a guy who's 6', 200 pounds and lifts weights everyday, because I need to break up a fight or someone's resisting arrest. So overall I think people are always thinking about things like...
...saftey before issuing hunting licenses; there is no reason why handgun owners should not be subjected to similar requirements. Citizens who profess their inability to own guns within such reasonable constraints are unlikely to have the understanding necessary for the wise use of a dangerous device like a firearm to begin with...
...work, like "Room for Margins," depend on such effective combinations of the visual and the narrative aspects of her art. The most memorable have as much visual as verbal wit, and can stand alone without the extra information, the story, imparted by the caption. A visit to a firearm factory yielded two Colt 45 revolvers, arrested mid-production and polished, so that they look soft and immature, almost harmless. Visually, the pair of handguns look like two Nefertitis moving in for a kiss...