Family Forum / Parenting / Spanking / January 2005

Let's see now.

Can we hope your stupidity is based on you not reading the actual
article cited by Ferneal, I think it was, that opened this thread?

"
"Mom! What's going on?" whispers Estephanie urgently and without
preface when Frances snatches up the receiver. Frances explains about
the police raid, and about DCFS showing up. "The police were looking
for drugs," says Frances.
"

Notice that last line?

Then the women goes on to whine about how awful it was for the police
to point guns at the kids.

Let's think our way through this, greegor. Get at least three friends
to assist each other in stumblebum land.

It's a drug bust. Cops get shot while going into drug houses on a raid.
So cops armor up, and they do, really they do, draw their guns before
going through the door.

I believe the youngest kid to ever shot a cop in recent times was about
nine...and during, you guessed it, a drug raid in domicile.

I'd say yes, I want my cops coming out later alive. So yes, I want them
to point guns threateningly. Very. I want them to yell, and give harsh
loud orders, and I really don't care if someone is traumatized, as long
as the yelling, ordering and gun pointing is effective enough for
everyone to come out alive.

Yah know how people die in those raids? Not by the cops bringing guns,
but by some fool inside opening up on them. The way in which they enter
is designed to diminish the chances of that. Coming in slowly, and
quietly, and with guns in holsters is much more likely to encourage a
set up down some dark hallway, and lead flies, through walls too, into
rooms with kiddies in them.

A loud yell or two, some screamed commands, and the sight of a big bore
handgun, (I prefer nothing under .40) bearing down on you tends to
spoil the hell out of your aim, if you are a badguy. In fact it tends
to discourage you from aiming at all, but rather setting that piece
down nice and easy like.

You are really better off at work, dummer. You aren't doing too well
today, are you?

Kane