I'd say otherwise. To serve and protect. Their job is (among other things) to get shot at before other people do. They're supposed to be our sheepdogs, not wolves.
I'd say otherwise. To serve and protect. Their job is (among other things) to get shot at before other people do. They're supposed to be our sheepdogs, not wolves.sure, but they’re not obligated to, correct?
Right and also indoors some of a rifle’s advantages over pistols are mitigated. Superior accuracy matters less when your target is ten feet away, rifles can be harder to maneuver indoors, they require two hands, etc.A group of trained police officers do outgun a child with a semi-auto long rifle. The fact that no police were hit tells me they didn't try to engage.
I'd say otherwise. To serve and protect. Their job is (among other things) to get shot at before other people do. They're supposed to be our sheepdogs, not wolves.
Yup, cops don't actually have to protect you, as rules by the courtsI suppose this is a good time for America to learn that legally the cops don't have to do jack to protect people.
I'd say otherwise. To serve and protect. Their job is (among other things) to get shot at before other people do. They're supposed to be our sheepdogs, not wolves.
Cops in that town did find somebody with a gun to detain during the massacre...
Think of the mass punchings he could have committed? Will no one think of the chins/jaws?!A weapon capable of mass murder is perfectly legal but brass knuckles aren't ... i see priorities are set straight ...
Not enough people care about the life of a child to do what is really needed to protect them...which is get rid of guns.A lethal robocop in every school might be what's needed. Retired military personnel could volunteer. It all depends how far people want to go to protect the life of a child.
Yep. They have no legal responsibility to do jack shit for you.I agree, but hasn’t the scotus ruled otherwise?
That is all infuriating, but as more of the focus is placed on the failure of the response we ignore the larger issue. There are too many guns in this country.I know I'm not saying anything new here, but as more and more details come out about what transpired that day, fuck all those cops that were there "responding" to the event. What useless, wastes of humans. I hope they get whatever is coming to them - but sadly it will pale in comparison to what all those mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters are feeling for the rest of their lives. Every day this thing just makes me more and more angry.
Problem is the people who want to protect their homes with guns. How did everyone get to be so paranoid and unsafe? Maybe implement strict security posts in residential communities and ban guns inside them to take that argument away.Not enough people care about the life of a child to do what is really needed to protect them...which is get rid of guns.
It's simple really, people have been told for decades that crime is out of control and they should be afraid. This is despite the overall crime rate falling for decades. Fear sells guns.Problem is the people who want to protect their homes with guns. How did everyone get to be so paranoid and unsafe? Maybe implement strict security posts in residential communities and ban guns inside them to take that argument away.
Yes, and that was a bad ruling.I agree, but hasn’t the scotus ruled otherwise?
Because the government is clearly incapable of doing it.Problem is the people who want to protect their homes with guns. How did everyone get to be so paranoid and unsafe? Maybe implement strict security posts in residential communities and ban guns inside them to take that argument away.
Yep. They have no legal responsibility to do jack shit for you.
I was under the impression that police departments and their swat units were a lot more heavily armed than just pistols? In fact it has been many years since complaints have been made that police forces were getting too militarized trying to keep up to the criminals. Your telling me a police department, in Texas, can't even challenge one teenager with an AR?
Hell even the cops in our small town of 1,400 carry shotguns and AR's in the trunk for such situations.
I was under the impression that police departments and their swat units were a lot more heavily armed than just pistols? In fact it has been many years since complaints have been made that police forces were getting too militarized trying to keep up to the criminals. Your telling me a police department, in Texas, can't even challenge one teenager with an AR?
Hell even the cops in our small town of 1,400 carry shotguns and AR's in the trunk for such situations.