It's too early for this...

[Twigg]

I found this on my start page this morning;
Reality Show Features Gun-Toting Celebs

MUNCIE, Ind. - Erik Estrada and other lesser celebrities have been sworn in as reserve officers of the city police department here, allowing them to carry badges and guns as part of a reality television series.

...Sometimes things still don't make sense after a whole pot of coffee...

 

[Moderator]

...Sometimes things still don't make sense after a whole pot of coffee...

They are not in the market of making sense, They are in it for making dollars.

 

[calsdad]

I read the story - a hot chick: http://www.askmen.com/women/models_100/114_trish_stratus.html

and guns, I'm still trying to figure out what the problem is.

 

[Executive]

...and of course they all need to be equipped with full tactical gear. I knew even before the picture loaded that they would be shooting Holly-glocks.

 

[matt]

sounds like a good way to get a good cop killed...

 

[dreppucci007]

sounds like a good way to get a good cop killed...

+1 Yup

 

[KMaurer]

The part that grabbed my attention was the very first line

Erik Estrada and other lesser celebrities ...

Just who qualifies as a lesser celebrity? My cousin who knew Harrison Ford in high school? My old letter carrier who once served on the same base in Germany as Elvis?

Ken

 

[Thor67]

Trish Stratus is off the charts HOT!

Is that her in the picture above? Women with guns are hot too, women with pick-up trucks and guns . . . I can hardly contain myself! Can you say redneck at heart?

That said, half-wit celebs with guns enforcing the law is a really bad idea! Jack Osbourne is mentioned in the article as one of the officers who just got sworn. Isn't he a recovering drug addict?

 

[adweisbe]

Somehow I doubt they will be doing real beats. They couldn't accept the training and no department is crazy enough to accept that kind of liability. It's all for show, it's TV. Relax... they could buy guns in and carry them openly and concealed in Indiana anyways. Yes Osbourne is a recovering drug addict.

 

[daceman63]

I won't watch it.

 

[depicts]

I thought some of the people named were self admitted drug users. How does that square with giving them guns and a badge?

 

[Twigg]

I thought some of the people named were self admitted drug users. How does that square with giving them guns and a badge?

Ratings.

 

[Len-2A Training]

Don't you have to be a druggie or alcoholic to be a Hollyweird star??

I thought it was a pre-requisite!