10 times in the first day. History has taught us that the APD sucks at attacking defensible positions. ^_^
As for Vigilantes getting bigger guns I wouldn't be totally against.
Kavala scatters are obviously the ones most against it.... Bow, which is a =1 in my book.
Big gangs spend most of their time at cartels and wouldn't encounter vigilantes, so even if Vigis get bigger guns and dare to step foot outside Kavala and encounter a heavily armed phat bounty chances are the bounty isn't alone and is also gonna shoot their face off.
APD. One of the big arguments originally implementing Vigilantes was "OMG IS GONA KILL CUP NOBODY PLEH CUP" which didn't happen, at all. Vigilantes follow the server rules same as the APD, APD on the other hand have those rules plus an entire handbook as well to follow. Vigilantes pretty much have one extra rule: Don't abuse. If a cop fucks up their case is tossed to Senior APD and potentially they face demotion unless it is pretty severe in which case staff take care of it, if a vigilante fucks up there are no Senior Vigilantes and the staff take care of it right off the bat and they face a ban. The APD isn't everyone's cup of tea, learning the handbook, going through an interview then the stress of being a useless Deputy when the likes of a Fed or jail start are pretty offputting for a lot of people. The alternative for those folks is Vigilante.