Why I'm leaning towards a universal right to bear arms in the US.

Machjo

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Florida policeman shoots autistic man's unarmed black therapist - BBC News

Too many incidents like this make it such that any person, criminal record or not, should be allowed to bear arms in the US for his own protection. Furthermore, the presumption of innocence should be equally strictly applied to any person who shoots a cop in self defence or in the defence of others.

Looks like cops in the US are out of control.
 

mentalfloss

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Maybe.

But it's democracy which can lead to them achieving their goal, not some exclusive form of freedom.


Anyway, I'm all for responsible authority, but that needs to happen from top down.


Toronto is a good example where we elected a good mayor (this time) who made sure that the new police chief would enforce that kind of responsibility.
 

taxslave

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Maybe.

But it's democracy which can lead to them achieving their goal, not some exclusive form of freedom.


Anyway, I'm all for responsible authority, but that needs to happen from top down.


Toronto is a good example where we elected a good mayor (this time) who made sure that the new police chief would enforce that kind of responsibility.

Unfortunately authority is mostly just that. Power quest, nothing more.
 

TenPenny

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You have to appreciate the fact that he was shot for his own good. And the disabled fellow is lucky that the cop can't shoot straight as he fired 3 shots at him despite being told that the fellow was a child in a man's body......




Not sure how that matters, the cops shoot kids anyway.
 

Danbones

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not sure if any one noticed but they just smoked that shooter in Dallas with a ROBOT bomb
so the gun / government thing is now moot