basscatfrank
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These quotes come from a Union Leader article addressing police using their own rifles at work.
Tuftonboro Police Chief Andy Shagoury, who also serves as president of the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police, said there is a psychological impact when a gun is confiscated.
“If you take an officer’s gun it feels like he has done something wrong,” said Shagoury.
If a department-issued handgun is taken as evidence, a replacement is issued, he said.
Shagoury said the shift to rifles started 20 years ago.
He pointed to the growing number of former soldiers joining the ranks of law enforcement. He said those with a military background are used to the platform.
The 5.56-caliber round the AR-15 rifle fires can pierce body armor, but doesn’t penetrate building materials like sheetrock or the windshield of a car, Shagoury said.
I'm almost hoping he was misquoted.
Tuftonboro Police Chief Andy Shagoury, who also serves as president of the New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police, said there is a psychological impact when a gun is confiscated.
“If you take an officer’s gun it feels like he has done something wrong,” said Shagoury.
If a department-issued handgun is taken as evidence, a replacement is issued, he said.
Shagoury said the shift to rifles started 20 years ago.
He pointed to the growing number of former soldiers joining the ranks of law enforcement. He said those with a military background are used to the platform.
The 5.56-caliber round the AR-15 rifle fires can pierce body armor, but doesn’t penetrate building materials like sheetrock or the windshield of a car, Shagoury said.
I'm almost hoping he was misquoted.