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COPCOVERmA 2/10/06 10:29 AM Page 1 $5.95 IN CANADA I'M NOT A COP BUT ... $9.50 WWW.AMERICANCOPMAGAZINE.COM MARCH/APRIL 2006 WIN! A D&L SPORTS CUSTOM AR-15 PACKAGE! DO WE REALLY NEED?? SWAT FN's Five-seveN Macho Mousegun Urban Rifle: Reliability: PART IV REVOLVERS FOCUS: VS. AUTOS ••POLYSHOCKPOLYSHOCK AMMO ••FEDERALFEDERAL FLIGHT CORRECTIONS — CONTROL BUCK ONE NATION ••AA FAILUREFAILURE TOTO PLANPLAN UNDER ARREST c2,c3,c4 2/9/06 2:14 PM Page c2 M-A section 1 2/9/06 2:01 PM Page 3 M-A section 1 2/9/06 3:51 PM Page 4 2006 Volume 1, Number 4 MAR • APR WWW.AMERICANCOPMAGAZINE.COM 46 ON THE COVER Photos: Rich Stahlhut FEATURES 24 38 YOU JUST NEED TO BE WILLING DAVE SPAULDING ECQS, more letter salad? 40 IS TINY STILL TOUGH? CHARLES PETTY The FN Five-seveN. 46 DO WE REALLY NEED SWAT? CLINT SMITH Yes? No? Maybe? 51 HOW TO SMOKE A WEASEL JEREMY D. 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So far year-old asked me to send you his read a lot of different law enforcement the only subscribers asking for their photo and his favorite comeback line. magazines. I was impressed by yours money back have been defense attor- He thinks you should print it because from the get go. It’s definitely the best! neys and I think I’ve made it clear how he is going to be a police officer one I can’t wait to renew my subscription. I feel about that. Dave day. Peter’s favorite comeback line: Yours is now the only one I’ll subscribe “Why waltz with a big stick, when you to. One other thing I’d like to say is to Unabashed Endorsement? can rock & roll with a Browning.” the knucklenut, writing that he wants Dave, I hold a “charter subscription” Ofc. B. Kiever and his money back. If he can’t handle a to American COP magazine and like so future Ofc. 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