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3. I have learned through the decades to be more scared of deranged cops

Reply to B2G (Original post)

Sat Dec 22, 2012, 04:32 PM

Dec 2012

than to be scared of the remote possibility of a deranged armed mass killer. The likelihood of being tazed or shot by a cop is much higher than being shot by any other stranger.

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Clinton wanted to put cops in schools too [View all] B2G Dec 2012 OP

a police presence can not be the only solution to the gun problem samsingh Dec 2012 #1

Who is proposing it's the ONLY solution? n/t B2G Dec 2012 #2

wasn't it a leading point of wayne laidiot's press conference? samsingh Dec 2012 #6

I have learned through the decades to be more scared of deranged cops Live and Learn Dec 2012 #3

And your 'lessons' have been much different from mine. B2G Dec 2012 #5

apparently - deranged cops are present in every sample - did you hear about the recent nyc cop samsingh Dec 2012 #7

I'd ask if you're kidding, but I know you're not B2G Dec 2012 #10

this was an actual recent case. the maniac's wife turned him in. samsingh Dec 2012 #12

Well, you can keep your cop near you and yours at all times then Live and Learn Dec 2012 #8

3rd Way & Repubs sing the same songs in harmony. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2012 #4

Another quote from the LA Times article that changes the perpective.. sanatanadharma Dec 2012 #9

My 'motives'? B2G Dec 2012 #13

I totally agree. rainlillie Dec 2012 #16

He went for DOMA and DADT too MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #11

And he also thought NAFTA and GATT and eliminating Glass-Steagal were good ideas too. kenny blankenship Dec 2012 #14

I'm not opposed to the idea.. rainlillie Dec 2012 #15

They had a surplus back then. Now America doesn't have the money required, so who will pay 2012? graham4anything Dec 2012 #17

'Smear'? Lol. OK. B2G Dec 2012 #18