Looks like NYPD wants a ban on HPs...

[countertop]

Well, I'd hardly saddle the NYPD with the demented visions of long time noted Gun Banning Bigot Patrick Lynch. He is a union official and about as political (and far removed politically from his average union member) a union official as you are going to find.

He gets some press cause he is the voice of the Union, but as my cousin told me he generally has little credibility with the union members themselves.

 

[Henry Bowman]

To try to understand this perverse mind set, you have to realize that for several generations this urban culture has seen guns only in the hands of police and criminals. They cannont conceive of a third option.

 

[mmike87]

If they are so damn worried about hollow point bullets I think these LEO's need to look for a new line of work. Perhaps small town librarian or something.

 

[dasmi]

They also are readily available on the black market.

And they always will be.
Though I'm forced to wonder why anyone would go to the "black market" when

Anyone with a gun permit can buy the hollow-points in a gun shop...
"Anybody can go out and buy them," said Michael Palladino, head of the Detectives' Endowment Association.

 

[boofus]

Yup banning hollowpoints reduces crime! Just ask New Jersey. Camden NJ is once again the dubious "Most dangerous city in America"

 

[R.H. Lee]

It's just more incrementalism chipping away. If they can get HP's banned on some fraudulent basis, they can move on to banning FMJ's on another fraudulent basis, then all ammuntion followed by all firearms, etc., et yada, et

 

[Igloodude]

It's just more incrementalism chipping away. If they can get HP's banned on some fraudulent basis, they can move on to banning FMJ's on another fraudulent basis, then all ammuntion followed by all firearms, etc., et yada, et

The article already sets the stage: "Cops favor using the hollow-point bullets because they are less likely to pass through a target and ricochet into a fellow cop or bystander."

So naturally FMJs need to be banned as well, see?

 

[mbs357]

They also are readily available on the black market.

And banning them will make them dissapear.

 

[Derek Zeanah]

OK, raise your hand if you're a cop, wear a vest, and would rather the bad guys shoot at you with FMJ than a hollowpoint.

 

[Rumble]

If they are so damn worried about hollow point bullets I think these LEO's need to look for a new line of work. Perhaps small town librarian or something.

Hey, I'm a small-town librarian, and lemme tell you, things can get pretty crazy out here. Just the other day, the police had to take down a guy because he threw corn at someone's mailbox. Pretty dicey.

I'm also a small-town librarian who carries hollowpoints, but that's sort of beside the point.

I loved this article. It was so...dumb. Also, the whole bit about "stopping violent felons" is a bit off, since the cops really don't have to do that. They are responsible for investigating the aftermath, but there's no real penalty if they never manage to stop the bad guy.

 

[TheEgg]

"Our mission is to stop violent felons," said Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch. "There is no reason for anyone else to have that ability."

Never have I seen the anti-gun position held by some police put so clearly and in so few words. Bravo, Mr. Lynch!

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