Should funding for local police departments be redirected to social and community based programs?
Yes, replace police with unarmed community based responders for non-violent calls
We have had so many violent terrorist attacks which have left to a lot of fatalities and unfortunately I just don’t believe in it. It’s the same as saying “oh yea I’m going to defund the military” because that’s such a smart thing to do in instance to an invasion. New Zealand’s gun laws are strict, however, they aren’t strict enough and if we were to defund the police they would not be able to neutralise a significant firearms threat without calling in the military which is just dumb because the military is meant to be protecting our coasts, sky’s, and helping out with things internationally. Additionally, the military would be incredibly slow at responding to a firearms threat because they have so many other issues that they are dealing with. Think of it like this, if the USA defunded its police and made unarmed volunteers, how the freakin heck would they stop a bunch of armed suspects with AK-47s and what not, like it’s practically impossible for them because there gun laws are pretty much non existent.
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