Re: In Response to ER's COPS Program
The police don't like people doing their job for them. Not only can it lead to big trouble when it goes bad, as we have seen, but even if it works it only encourages more idiots to go out and play vigilante. Sooner or later, somebody gets hurt, and the cops get a pile of paperwork.
The gun nuts love to put stickers on their windows that say "This house protected by Smith and Wesson" or "Forget the dog, beware of owner". Thieves just wait til they're out and then break in and steal their firearms.