Gun Safety Advocates! SWAT’s Been Renamed!

By Robert Farago

mister3d doesn’t miss a trick. Scanning the horrific story 8 Found Dead, Including 5 Children, After Stand Off in Harris County, Texas at nbcnews.com, the TTAG reader caught this little gem: “[Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Thomas] Gilliland said officers were called to the house in Harris County just after 9 p.m. Saturday, and upon arrival discovered that the man inside had an outstanding warrant for the aggravated assault of a family member. He said the High Risk Operations Unit was then called in to run the arrest, but officers decided to move in after seeing the body of a child through a window.” The what? Let’s have a look [via chron.com] . . .

[Sheriff Adrian] Garcia said in a released statement Monday [January 25, 2010]: “I can’t help bring my agency into the 21st century without first adopting 20th century crime-fighting techniques, such as a high-risk tactical unit that can be used to defend the 1.4 million people who rely on us to answer their emergency calls.”

Doguim emphasized that Harris County no longer should just rely on other agencies and should, in fact, be ready to help its law …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns