Quote of the Day: Illusory Edition

By Dan Zimmerman

“I have no doubt that carrying handguns would compromise officers’ ability to do their regular work, because when you carry a weapon, your primary concern is to protect that weapon. If this was balanced by a clearly demonstrable increase in personal protection, it would be a price to consider paying. But the protection offered by a firearm — particularly a pistol — is more illusory than real.” – New Zealand police commissioner Howard Broad in Why Cops in Britain and New Zealand Don’t Carry Guns [at businessinsider.com]

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