Well - depending on which story you read in the UK first - the answer could be yes or no.
Look at the story of PC Jon Henry, in Luton - stabbed to death while attending an incident early this morning. He was wearing the standard anti-stab vest, but it still didn't protect him. If he had been carrying a gun, would he still be alive now?
Everyone cites the USA as being a shoot-now-ask-questions-later Police state. If PC Henry had shot first and asked questions later, when he was confronted by a stranger with a knife - who, we're told, had already knifed a window cleaner - would that have been right? Would he still be alive?
Yet another news story today is the incident in Sevenoaks, Kent, where a woman was shot by a Police office while supposedly carrying a gun through the centre of the town in the early hours of this morning. Not much detail seems to be available on this one, but why should she be in the centre of a town carrying a gun?
If she was carrying, and the Police officer shot her because she wouldn't put the gun down, or because she pointed it at him, who is at fault? Put yourself in the Police officer's position - what would you do if someone pointed a gun at you?
And yet the media in England all seem to be focusing on the fact that three other women have been shot by Police in the last 27 years - and all of those were accidents. Isn't that presuming that this shooting was an accident as well?
Oh - and one last question while I'm feeling controversial - a few weeks ago, a small girl was (we are told ) taken from her bed while on holiday in Portugal. Her parents seem to have been provided with an endless stream of money with which to go jetting around Europe (and at the same time gaining access to very high-profile figures like His Holiness The Pope) trying to "...raise public awareness..." of her disappearance.
I really hope that you are all praying - to whatever God is meaningful to you - that the little girl is found safe and well - but - what about all the other children that go missing all around the world, every day of the year?
Much love
Look at the story of PC Jon Henry, in Luton - stabbed to death while attending an incident early this morning. He was wearing the standard anti-stab vest, but it still didn't protect him. If he had been carrying a gun, would he still be alive now?
Everyone cites the USA as being a shoot-now-ask-questions-later Police state. If PC Henry had shot first and asked questions later, when he was confronted by a stranger with a knife - who, we're told, had already knifed a window cleaner - would that have been right? Would he still be alive?
Yet another news story today is the incident in Sevenoaks, Kent, where a woman was shot by a Police office while supposedly carrying a gun through the centre of the town in the early hours of this morning. Not much detail seems to be available on this one, but why should she be in the centre of a town carrying a gun?
If she was carrying, and the Police officer shot her because she wouldn't put the gun down, or because she pointed it at him, who is at fault? Put yourself in the Police officer's position - what would you do if someone pointed a gun at you?
And yet the media in England all seem to be focusing on the fact that three other women have been shot by Police in the last 27 years - and all of those were accidents. Isn't that presuming that this shooting was an accident as well?
Oh - and one last question while I'm feeling controversial - a few weeks ago, a small girl was (we are told ) taken from her bed while on holiday in Portugal. Her parents seem to have been provided with an endless stream of money with which to go jetting around Europe (and at the same time gaining access to very high-profile figures like His Holiness The Pope) trying to "...raise public awareness..." of her disappearance.
I really hope that you are all praying - to whatever God is meaningful to you - that the little girl is found safe and well - but - what about all the other children that go missing all around the world, every day of the year?
Much love
