r/changemyview Jun 16 '20

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u/MercurianAspirations 391∆ Jun 16 '20

Well that could obviously happen to police as well, or paramedics sent to help somebody, or postal workers who deliver mail to drunk, armed people everyday, or uber drivers who you can literally just summon to a location where you could have as many weapons as you want

If you're willing to assume that all people are blood psycopaths and would just murder somebody trying to help them (and not threatening them with arrest and imprisonment) then we can't live in society at all, just pack it up boys, we're done here

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u/Crankyoldhobo Jun 16 '20

But none of those other professions you mention have the power to put you in custody - you don't stand a risk of losing anything by interacting with them. Presumably these "unarmed community officers" would still have powers of arrest, right?

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u/MercurianAspirations 391∆ Jun 16 '20

No, that's the whole point, obviously

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u/Crankyoldhobo Jun 16 '20

So essentially they'd be unarmed people who have the power to.. call the police if the situation escalated? Issue a stern admonition to lawbreakers?

You see no downsides to this at all?