I'm not sure that the mayor of Newark has the power to dictate to Major Firearms Manufacturers.
If the police departments in New Jersey require firearms which are "Dependable", rather than "Politically Acceptable ... aren't the police the people who are putting their lives on the line?
Shouldn't the police, who live or die by the reliability of their firearms, be the people who are defining the specifications for "acceptable weapons"?
Perhaps not:
(Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka demands:)
Surrounded by clergy and bi-partisan groups on the steps of Newark City Hall Thursday afternoon, Baraka called on all New Jersey mayors to convene before purchasing additional weapons for their law enforcement agencies and create a list of manufacturers who are listening to their concerns, chiefly: safer gun distribution practices and technologies.
"We put our money in places, with people who support what we think is right for our community," Baraka told NJ Advance Media following the press conference. "You're talking about over 560 municipalities in the State of New Jersey. If we can get a quarter of them to say, 'Look, we agree with this, and we're not going to purchase bullets, guns or whatever from these four or five manufactures until (they) do what we ask them to do.'"
Is this guy requiring smart guns? Or has he made under-the-counter deals with a few manufacturers just for the badda-boom?
Is it all about the money?
Is it all about the money?
Is that what it's all about? Where the mayor of Newark wants to put his money, determines what quality of firearms are distributed to the police, who need to defend their lives every day?
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The Mayors and the Cities are the ones that buy the guns and pay for them. They should have the major say in what gets bought and from whom. Now if the cops purchase their guns themselves, that is a different story.
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