Should NSWpol be given rifles.

[womble]

Oh excuse me I forgot to use the new politically correct term.
Should NSW police be given long armed guns.
I’m sure the rooftop snipers are very proficient marksmen.
But just giving regular beat cops rifles in highly built up urban areas. How many of them have even fired a rifle before.
Are their arms long enough for these guns would be the next logical question.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-28/army-protecting-sydney-jewish-community-not-ruled-out-premier/106182770

Apparently the more heavily armed we are in public places the safer we are.
Unless of course, you are on a farm in upper bumfuck nowhere. Where you would obviously be a danger to the public.
How does that work exactly Mr Minns.

[alexjones]

“Deploying the army to Jewish areas to protect the community has not been ruled out by the NSW premier as he contemplates security changes following the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. “


Minns has literally lost the bloody plot. He has no authority over the army. The army is not meant as an internal police force. What is this martial law?

[bigrich]

“Deploying the army to Jewish areas to protect the community has not been ruled out by the NSW premier as he contemplates security changes following the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. “


Minns has literally lost the bloody plot. He has no authority over the army. The army is not meant as an internal police force. What is this martial law?

wow . guv'ments gone from doing nothing for the jews to rolling out the army . the biggest political backflip in history . i've heard from RO's how absolutely hopeless most cops are when they do their shoots at my local range . rifles would be easier to shoot accurately and give them a edge over heavily armed crims and terrorists. i've absolutely no doubt there's some illegal heavy duty firepower in this country . dare i say western sydney

they never did find some rocket launchers that went missing from the army years ago did they

[alexjones]

“Deploying the army to Jewish areas to protect the community has not been ruled out by the NSW premier as he contemplates security changes following the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. “


Minns has literally lost the bloody plot. He has no authority over the army. The army is not meant as an internal police force. What is this martial law?

wow . guv'ments gone from doing nothing for the jews to rolling out the army . the biggest political backflip in history . i've heard from RO's how absolutely hopeless most cops are when they do their shoots at my local range . rifles would be easier to shoot accurately and give them a edge over heavily armed crims and terrorists. i've absolutely no doubt there's some illegal heavy duty firepower in this country . dare i say western sydney

they never did find some rocket launchers that went missing from the army years ago did they

Mass shooting and army patrolling the streets of Sydney was not on my 2025 bingo card.



What is going on mate!

[alexjones]

But yes Australian police for the most part cannot shoot for s**t. They shoot their 50 rounds once a year and thats it.

In America most police are ex military and practise shooting in their spare time.

Why would an Australian police officer not want to be a good shot? Your job literally allows you to open carry so why would you not want to be a marksman.

Does not make sense to me. Makes me think police are lazy, stupid and incompetent.

[womble]

Maybe they anticipate another attack. Something we’re being kept in the dark about.

[alexjones]

Maybe they anticipate another attack. Something we’re being kept in the dark about.

Maybe you are right. Possibly a sleeper cell has been activated?

[bigrich]

Maybe they anticipate another attack. Something we’re being kept in the dark about.

Maybe you are right. Possibly a sleeper cell has been activated?

agreed , maybe several cells . this is what happens when you accept refugees from war zones with a radical extremist religious element . labour and the left call pointing that out racist . it's a undisputable fact , especially given that hate preachers have been radicalising people in this country for years is also worthy for discussion , but labour wouldn't have it . now the situation has blown up in their faces "lets blame gun owners....". i will say that these people are a minority in the Muslim community, but they exist none the less. so now we are in the position to have to up-gun the police to counter these radicals in our own country

my mind keeps going back to a meme of auntie pauline with a big smile on her face , with the words "see c@nts, i was right"

[Wapiti]

I don't see any issue with the police carrying rifles, if they actually know how to use them and not kill innocent bystanders.
In a couple of "major" terrorist events in the past, police have shot and killed hostages or bystanders in this country, which I find unforgiveable.

All after the fact, horse has bolted eh?

[bigrich]

I don't see any issue with the police carrying rifles, if they actually know how to use them and not kill innocent bystanders.
In a couple of "major" terrorist events in the past, police have shot and killed hostages or bystanders in this country, which I find unforgiveable.

All after the fact, horse has bolted eh?

i think the cops shot one of the lindt cafe hostages when they breached the place didn't they ?

[Wapiti]

Yes. And not the only time since then.

[mchughcb]

You can see on social media which the mainstream media cuts short that the police fired after the perps were down and fired at the first responding public who were yelling to stop shooing as they kicked the guns away from the perps.

[womble]

Yeah but you can see that they were outgunned also.


I think rooftop snipers like they do at US stadiums makes sense for precision.
Out of sight, out of mind. Precautionary.

But police patrolling crowds with assault rifles that can kill at 400 yards , maybe more.
Yeah naah.

[Finniss]

Perhaps they could be given stolen straight pulls.

Remember Papalia wanting to send random confiscated rifles to Ukraine.

[mchughcb]

Perhaps they could be given stolen straight pulls.

Remember Papalia wanting to send random confiscated rifles to Ukraine.

I didn't forget. This is how retarded to police and politicians are today. Russia is a global super power that has defeated Europe over the 4 years. A retarded police minister and commissioner think 50 confiscated 338 laps are any use in a military dropping 3000 kilo bombs or Mach 10 hypersonic missiles or thermal fpv drones.

Good lord they are retarded.

[alexjones]

I don't see any issue with the police carrying rifles, if they actually know how to use them and not kill innocent bystanders.
In a couple of "major" terrorist events in the past, police have shot and killed hostages or bystanders in this country, which I find unforgiveable.

All after the fact, horse has bolted eh?

i think the cops shot one of the lindt cafe hostages when they breached the place didn't they ?

Those were the specialist tactical cops too.

My mate was in the infantry and he got shot in the leg during training from a bloke in his own section.

556 grazed his thigh. Went in and out

Accidents do happen.

[womble]

Ricocheting police bullets killed one of the hostages in Lindt cafe. RIP

In crowds on NYE or whatever large gathering. 223 being discharged. It’s not very smart really. You have a lot of hard surfaces.

Rule number whatever. Positively identify what is behind your target.
If it looks like a large crowd of people, it probably is a large crowd of people.

[wanneroo]

But yes Australian police for the most part cannot shoot for s**t. They shoot their 50 rounds once a year and thats it.

In America most police are ex military and practise shooting in their spare time.

Why would an Australian police officer not want to be a good shot? Your job literally allows you to open carry so why would you not want to be a marksman.

Does not make sense to me. Makes me think police are lazy, stupid and incompetent.

I know if I visit Australia again and get taken hostage that I'm cooked. If the bad guys don't get me, the Australian cops will shoot me when they come to rescue me.

One of the standout memories I have of Australian cops is some female cop "covering" her partner while he was kicking down a door and she was pointing her pistol at him the whole time.

Here is the big issue with police in Australia. The Police in Australia are a political branch of state and federal government and have too much political power and the corruption that goes with it. There is no local accountability, at least none I can see, correct me if I am wrong. At least here in the USA, we vote in our Sheriff and can vote him out. Same with the police chiefs for towns and cities, they can be fired by the mayor or city council or town council. So certainly we can have bad sheriffs, bad cops, bad police chiefs, but typically there is some public mechanism we can use to get them out of their job and fired.

[bigrich]

Here is the big issue with police in Australia. The Police in Australia are a political branch of state and federal government and have too much political power and the corruption that goes with it. There is no local accountability, at least none I can see, correct me if I am wrong. At least here in the USA, we vote in our Sheriff and can vote him out. Same with the police chiefs for towns and cities, they can be fired by the mayor or city council or town council. So certainly we can have bad sheriffs, bad cops, bad police chiefs, but typically there is some public mechanism we can use to get them out of their job and fired.

that's a real issue alright . politicians and public servants can't really be held to account in australia . some bumble through doing a half assed job, and if things go bad it's "oh well...." i was talking to a local liberal MP years ago that liked the idea of judges being elected into office instead of appointed. reckoned we'd get better outcomes with punishment fitting the crime . QLD brought in harsh penalties for serious youth offenders recently, but a lot of judges aren't applying them