joeendris
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The purpose of LEOs being armed is so that they might defend themselves if presented with deadly force in the course of their duties.
[STRIKE=undefined]Same self-defense we are all entitled to.[/STRIKE]
Not us mere civilians according to some, just look at the f'ed up laws that prove this point...
http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleII/Chapter278/Section8A
In the prosecution of a person who is an occupant of a dwelling charged with killing or injuring one who was unlawfully in said dwelling, it shall be a defense that the occupant was in his dwelling at the time of the offense
Note, you're automatically proescuted for defending yourself. I don't see any laws that indicate cops have to go thru this bullshit, in any state