On 14 Mar 2005 17:13:26 -0800, "Hyerdahl"  wrote:

>
>Andre Lieven wrote:
>> (greg1199{at}yahoo.com) writes:
>
>> > USA wrote:
>
>> >> What is more disgusting than having women serving on police forces
>is
>> >> the fact that no one in the media will admit the obvious -- that
>this
>> >> female (like all females) was unable to control her gun or to
>control
>> >> the prisoner and as a result other people she was supposedly
>> >> "protecting" were killed.
>> > [...](edit)
>
>>> > Somehow, in all the coverage of this, I have only now learned that
>the
>> > cop assigned to guard this man was a woman.
>> >
>> > At the very least, a cop is expected to maintain control of his or
>her
>> > gun.  If a cop can't do that, then the cure is worse than the
>disease.
>> > And since police work often gets physical, is it too much to ask
>that a
>> > cop be .... strong?
>
>Do you really want to ask the question whether male or female cop lose
>control of their guns more often?   I don't think so.  :-)


On a per capita basis?  Why not?



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