"Northern Territory Police reject calls to strip officers of guns in wake of Kumanjayi Walker shooting death in Yuendumu"

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-15/police-reject-gun-ban-in-remote-communities-yuendumu-death/11705730

Is disarming the police a practical idea or airy-fairy wishful thinking?

What a ridiculous idea, dreamt up by Marxists who've never been near a dangerous situation. Here's a better idea: withdraw police from these totally unnecessary remote communities and let the inhabitants sort out their own problems. Better still, close the communities down altogether. If some people want to live in isolation, let them do it on their dollar.

They need their guns, the idea is wrong those calling for it are wrong
The shooting is being investigated let truth be the outcome

Dear Is Mise,

You can never determine the mental condition of an
individual with a weapon. Police officer or not.
Surely there must be better
ways of controlling difficult situations without
the use of guns. A weapon in
stressful situation can go off accidentally.

Building trust between the police in any community is
vital. Armed police officers are not the way to build
trust.

There was a time in this country when police officers
did not carry guns and they still managed to control
situations. Not everybody is a criminal and carrying
guns is not the way to treat members of your community.
Guns are used in war - are the police at war with their
communities? It would appear so.

At the ever increasing rate of police shootings - people
will stop trusting police officers. At present it appears
that the current police training in weapons control is
grossly inadequate.

Come on Foxy, remember Palm Island. A bunch of drunks attacked the police station & tried to burn it down, with the cops inside.

The cops showed remarkable restraint in not using their guns, but it was only the knowledge that they had them that prevented them being massacred.

You obviously have no idea of the behavior of those with a still primitive mind. In PNG the standard advice to someone who had a road accident with a local was, "drive straight to the airport & fly out". "Do not stop to get anything, sort it out from another country". If a local died, no matter who's fault, the tribe would be coming after you.

If you don't realise a fair bit of northern Australia is still the same as they, you don't know much about northern Oz.

You can't expect our citizens, particularly cops to work in these areas without adequate personal protection.

Dear Hassie,

We often hear about police shootings. We never
hear about retaliations from the ones you called
"primitives." Why is that? Perhaps there are other
ways of handling situations minus guns?