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Vinca

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8. This is exactly why every Tom, Dick and Lunatic shouldn't have a gun. Accidents like this

Reply to USAFRetired_Liberal (Original post)

Sat Jun 26, 2021, 07:55 AM

Jun 2021

one happen. It's horrible, but I don't see how you blame the cop in this instance. He doesn't know the guy who killed the cop killer from the actual perpetrator and if the cop pulls up, sees his dead comrade and a random guy holding an AK-47 waiting for him, that cop will rightly believe he's next. I feel sorry for both the victim and the cop who shot him. It will be horrible to live with that the rest of his life. If there weren't more guns than people on the streets of this country things like this wouldn't happen.

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"Good guy" with gun killed by police [View all] USAFRetired_Liberal Jun 2021 OP

And not even an apology from the police. SunSeeker Jun 2021 #1

In nearly every training involving an active shooter scenario... ColinC Jun 2021 #2

Yep. LisaL Jun 2021 #3

I've heard the same, and it makes sense. By the time... TreasonousBastard Jun 2021 #4

FTP. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2021 #5

Good guy with gun makes himself indistinguishable from attacker, as good guys with guns tend to do. Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #6

holding the assailant's AR-15 HAB911 Jun 2021 #7

This is exactly why every Tom, Dick and Lunatic shouldn't have a gun. Accidents like this Vinca Jun 2021 #8