The shooting in Norway

From The Blogmocracy citing an article at the New York Times:

NYT: Arming police officers will only lead to an escalation of violence.
There is so much unreported irony in this story that I simply had to rise up out of my sloth and have a go at it.

The NYFT today released this story about the Unsettling Wariness of Norway, Where Police are rarely armed.

OSLO - When a man dressed in a police uniform began slaughtering young people at a Norwegian summer camp last week, one of the first to be killed was a real police officer named Trond Berntsen, who for years had worked in security at the camp. Whether Officer Berntsen tried to stop the gunman is still being debated. But facing a man carrying multiple guns and ample ammunition, there was little he could do. Like most other police officers here, he had no weapon.

Think about that. Police officers, sworn to protect citizens (just a guess, but there�s probably a law that prohibits swearing) against criminals are unarmed. WHISKEY-TANGO-FOOKBAR?!?!?! Who the hell thought that up? Well, the answer is here:

"I would prefer to live in a society where police normally work unarmed," said Johannes Knutsson, a professor of police research at the Norwegian Police University College. "It is a very forceful and symbolic sign to the citizens that this is a peaceful society."

Ya got that right. It is also a very forceful and symbolic sign to splodydopes and common street thugs that you're an easy and inviting target.And last. The dumbest comment of the whole piece.

Some "experts" worry that arming police officers all the time will only lead to an escalation of violence as criminals arm themselves in response.

I kid you not, that is really what the NYFT twerp has written. Who are those "experts" and where are their adult supervisors?

More irony. The NYFT releases this eyerolling tripe on the very day that ATF officials are trying to 'splain themselves before Congress as to the particulars of Operation Gunrunner. For those of you just joining us, that would be the DOJ prank of allowing thousands of guns from legitimate American gun dealers to fall into the hands of Mexican drug thug terrorists in order to prove up the idea that we need more gun laws to protect us from American citizens arming themselves to protect their lives and property against criminals.

Unbelievable!

These idiots are so wrapped up in themselves that they fail to realize that there are three basic kinds of people out there.

• Sheep
• Sheepdogs and
• Wolves.

Woof!