Of course it helps to have a gun if your opponent has a gun, because both of you now have a risk of getting shot. If I know you don't have a gun because you're

Of course it helps to have a gun if your opponent has a gun, because both of you now have a risk of getting shot. If I know you don't have a gun because you're one of these unarmed cops, I can completely dominate the situation. I can make you stand on one leg and do a recital. > By analogy, people are allowed to own rocket launchers as well (it's true!) but that doesn't mean every beat cop should carry one. Rocket launchers are not anti-personnel weapons and no ordinary criminal carries them or would be expected to carry them. The best weapon to neutralize a threat wielding a rocket launcher is not another rocket launcher, it's a rifle. Should we arrive at the situation where criminals routinely arrive in armored personnel carriers or tanks, then we can talk about arming the police with rocket launchers.