Mounties on Parliament Hill to get submachine guns!

[ZeitgeistObserver]

More firepower on the way for Mounties on Parliament Hill


Bruce Campion-Smith
Ottawa Bureau chief

OTTAWA – RCMP officers who guard Parliament Hill are being equipped with submachine guns to give them more stopping power should a gunman attack the heart of Canada's government.

Security, which has already been significantly beefed up after a high-profile breach last December, will get another boost in the coming months when Mounties patrolling the Hill get the Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun.

While officers will still rely on their semi-automatic 9mm pistols as their main weapon, they’ll also have access to the small but effective machine guns which will be carried as a “secondary weapon” in their cruisers.


http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/791129--more-firepower-on-the-way-for-mounties-on-parliament-hill?bn=1

Welcome to friendly Canada!

Don't make any sudden moves eh!

[chollybocker]

1. ...because tasers worked out so well for them...

:eyes:

[CHIMO]

2. Why

Don't all MP's get to carry handguns. Then they could defend themselves?

Wonder where the poor horse will store the gun for the elite force?