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>That's what I figured-- it's fairly obvious: "why would unrecognizable cops have a symbol on their weapon?" "Gee, maybe so other cops know they're cops?". Wha
by jjulius 6y ago
>That's what I figured-- it's fairly obvious: "why would unrecognizable cops have a symbol on their weapon?" "Gee, maybe so other cops know they're cops?".
What's obvious to some is not always obvious to others.
>Why this is news or on hackernews is beyond me though.
TheDrive isn't so much a news website as it is a magazine. This article is more informative than anything, and going back to my previous remark, it educates those who might not've thought about this sort of thing before. As to why it's on HN, same reason; not everybody would assume as much.
- varjag 6y agoCome on, the whole article is mostly rephrasing of the same statement interspersed with tweetquotes. Written to meet word count quota.
- jjulius 6y ago>Come on... ... what? I haven't commented on the quality of the article at all. Perhaps your confusion lies in my saying, "This article is more informative than anything...", but that was just me saying that the article was written as an informative piece, not a piece of news, because TheDrive is a magazine and not necessarily a news outlet.
- andyjohnson0 6y agoFwiw it wasn't obvious to me until I read the article. I know nothing at all about guns. So I learned something.