[SirBrass]

It's not about if they feel safe or not. No matter where you live, cops are allowed to carry guns b/c they have to carry guns, even if other civilians are denied that right (unconstitutionally, obviously). It's about power and buying votes. Always has been for those kinds of politicians. Why do you think so many pander to unions... easy vote buying.

Same here. Get these folks stuck in going-no-where work like pumping gas, and you've created a voting block that will vote for you if you keep the welfare money coming in. They're stuck, they're told to believe "We're from the government and we're here to help".

So, you get initiative-less morons pumping your gas.

Why the hell I'd let them touch my car is beyond me. Then again, I don't let them do it. I pump my own gas and I wash my own car (well, just starting to learn this... never had one whose looks I'd cared this much about before). I also pay my own car payments, rent, utilities, and taxes.