Gun Control & RKBA

Human101948

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3. This is a story about racism and police who are too eager to shoot...

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 08:59 AM

Feb 2016

and possibly a bit paranoid as well--

'War on police': Line-of-duty deaths rise amid racially-charged rhetoric, anti-cop climate

...Although official 2015 numbers are not yet available, the current year has seen a spate of high-profile police killings, including last week's murders of two police officers during a traffic stop in Hattiesburg, Miss., and the shooting of an NYPD officer in Queens, N.Y. on April 22.

Safir says that the national mood over the past two decades has emboldened many criminals.

“As criminals see the police restrained by new laws, policy and regulations that restrict tactics like "stop and frisk" or "broken windows," they no longer fear the police and certainty of arrest,” Safir said. “While in the past, they would not carry their weapons because of fear of arrest, they now do, and therefore the opportunity for armed confrontations with police significantly increases.”

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/05/17/war-on-police-line-duty-deaths-rise-amid-racially-charged-rhetoric-anti-cop.html

All debunked, of course.

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Gun control never seems to work-out well for minorities and women. Why is that? [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 OP

good luck with this.... mikeysnot Feb 2016 #1

Or not. jmg257 Feb 2016 #2

Does this 1 story invalidate the 4 instances I cited? Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #5

Not sure. Does help show, along with all the other instances of strange people jmg257 Feb 2016 #6

When you pass by a liquor store and see people buying alcohol do you have similar thoughts Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #9

Me? What thoughts would those be?? Anyway - I would certainly be more thoughtful jmg257 Feb 2016 #11

"Although lately there have been a few stories of drunk guys with guns shooting innocent people" Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #13

Moral crusade?? What moral crusade would that be??? jmg257 Feb 2016 #16

And how about all the mayhem caused by alcohol and no gun? You act as it it doesn't exist. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #17

Wow - you are out there - I haven't acted re:: alcohol much at all... jmg257 Feb 2016 #19

Yes, the OP is about fear of guns. Particularly the irrational sort. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #20

Well - have at it, then. In the meant time, was it an "irrational fear" jmg257 Feb 2016 #21

Do victims of drunk drivers, domestic violence and rape have an irrational fear of alcohol? Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #22

Again - WHAT crusade are speaking of??? jmg257 Feb 2016 #23

Lots of things can turn deadly quickly. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #24

OF course I am!! 1) going on at length - 'cause its an jmg257 Feb 2016 #25

Then it seems there isn't much substance to your posts. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #26

Well that sucks. I see myself as one who doesn't just accept most things at their face value. jmg257 Feb 2016 #28

Oh - and no, I wouldn't feel victims of violent drunken behavior to be irrational. jmg257 Feb 2016 #30

Why did you not arrest him? scscholar Feb 2016 #27

He was a LEO. (and I at the time was not - which wouldn't have mattered). jmg257 Feb 2016 #29

Every time I am at the liquor store I see drunks buying the little bottles of Fireball... Human101948 Feb 2016 #15

But there are laws against that. Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #18

This is a story about racism and police who are too eager to shoot... Human101948 Feb 2016 #3

Where in this thread or any other have i claimed LOD deaths and anti-police rhetoric Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #4

Your paranoia showing there... Human101948 Feb 2016 #7

Were anyone to try and claim these incidences were based on heightened police vigilance I would say: Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #8

Why women? Why do you think they will be impacted disproportionately? nt jmg257 Feb 2016 #10

It has been my experience over the years that when the subject Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #12

Ah got it. Ha - they should talk to my sister and sister-in-law! jmg257 Feb 2016 #14

As usual the pro-control folk have it backwards n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #31