Quote Originally Posted by blue matt View Post
would it matter though ? ? ? ?

as would you believe the answer ? ? ?

I can ask one of them tomorrow, as we are of to starbucks for a coffee

as a side note, the number of AR officers i know is upto 6, a " I am safe " notification popped up on my FB page from someone we do dog agility camps with, i forgot her and her husband are both Police in the Met, he is a trained AR officer, we have camped with them for 3 weeks and a few weekends ( over the last 3 years ), he seems a decent enough bloke and i would hazard a guess that he could be trusted with a gun, but i couldnt give him my " Blue matt's Golden Guarantee™ " as i dont know him that well, not like the other 5 ( one is my brother in law )
If you trust their judgement, which you seem to do since you've done everything in this thread short of canonising them, then I see no reason why you couldn't ask them if they trust every single officer they've met with a firearm. If they're as honest as you seem to think they are, then they'll probably be giving you an answer you won't be happy with.

You can stop vouching for individual police officers you're vaguely acquainted with by the way, I wasn't serious when I told you I needed your pass on all 125,000, and since you're clearly up for giving them all guns anyway I can say without any doubt that your judgement on these matters is compromised.

I naturally trust my own judgement better than yours and having encountered a number of police officers in my years I can say I wouldn't trust 50% of them with spud guns.