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drray23

(7,627 posts) Sat Aug 30, 2014, 10:57 AM Aug 2014

Police Shooting-Plagued Albuquerque to Host Police Shooting Tourney

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Source: gawker

It might be a good time for the homeless, or teenagers, or Latinos, or African-Americans, or…actually, shit, pretty much everybody in Albuquerque to get out of town because about 500 cops from across the nation and beyond are set to descend on New Mexico's largest city to play with their guns.

Read more: http://thewest.gawker.com/police-shooting-plagued-albuquerque-to-host-police-shoo-1628583070/+laceydonohue

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Police Shooting-Plagued Albuquerque to Host Police Shooting Tourney (Original Post) drray23 Aug 2014 OP

Okay. "Police pistol combat tournament." malthaussen Aug 2014 #1

Dear god, WHO thought this was a good idea? n/t TygrBright Aug 2014 #2

We're locking this because it doesn't conform with the LBN SOP. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2014 #3

malthaussen

(17,187 posts)

1. Okay. "Police pistol combat tournament."

Reply to drray23 (Original post)

Sat Aug 30, 2014, 11:53 AM

Aug 2014

That is the problem right there. Police are civilians, not soldiers, and what they do in the line of duty is not "combat."

-- Mal

TygrBright

(20,758 posts)

2. Dear god, WHO thought this was a good idea? n/t

Reply to drray23 (Original post)

Sat Aug 30, 2014, 11:54 AM

Aug 2014

greatauntoftriplets

(175,731 posts)

3. We're locking this because it doesn't conform with the LBN SOP.

Reply to drray23 (Original post)

Sat Aug 30, 2014, 12:20 PM

Aug 2014

Gawker is not a LBN-worthy source; the article is more than 12 hours old and it's commentary/opinion and not late breaking news. Please feel free to re-post in one of the gun groups.