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1. I have feeling this would not have happened . . .

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 12:39 PM

Nov 2013

if it had been, let's be frank, a white kid with the toy gun.

We've got to get police officers more community relations training, and we need to figure out how to weed out TRIGGER-HAPPY COPS.

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The police shooting 13 y/o kids without bothering to discern a toy from a real gun [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 OP

I have feeling this would not have happened . . . brush Nov 2013 #1

I used to walk Santa Rosa White Neighborhoods with BB guns FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #2

It seems like that is pure conjecture on your part... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #25

Yeah, the fact that I'd lived in this country for over 50 years brush Nov 2013 #29

What do any of those have to do with this case? Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #36

A little hesitance in opening fire was in order brush Nov 2013 #38

There might be parallels... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #39

It's not about a specific officer. It's about a pattern of incidents over years and decades. nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #40

Don't know what to say - I grew up in Santa Rosa FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #33

You expect me to believe... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #37

They're also the same police who enforce the jart ban. EOTE Nov 2013 #3

"common sense gun legislation" Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #4

I shouldn't have to, but closing the gun show loophole is certainly a small start. EOTE Nov 2013 #8

"NOTHING should be banned because police would be responsible for enforcing that ban, right?" Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #12

So, you're for replacing the police force and forgetting the stupid suggestion that we shouldn't EOTE Nov 2013 #15

That isn't even close to what I said. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #19

You suggested that we shouldn't have gun legislation because cops would enforce those laws. EOTE Nov 2013 #21

Those aren't used for lynching by cop uponit7771 Nov 2013 #5

No, they're not. EOTE Nov 2013 #9

No, just don't use them primiarly on minorities where they wouldn't use them if the person was white uponit7771 Nov 2013 #18

I'm not quite sure what you're saying/suggesting, but I have great issue with police in this country EOTE Nov 2013 #20

"I'm not quite sure what you're saying/suggesting" :eek: !!! That a disproportionate amount of people uponit7771 Nov 2013 #22

OK, I understand what you're saying and I agree entirely. EOTE Nov 2013 #24

I don't understand your post brush Nov 2013 #6

No, I'm just pointing out what an incredibly silly argument is being made. EOTE Nov 2013 #7

I get it now. I'm with you. nt brush Nov 2013 #30

I don't get G_j Nov 2013 #10

Well, let's just get those murder laws off the books! kcr Nov 2013 #11

Seriously. Laws altogether, really. I mean, police are just going to shoot you. EOTE Nov 2013 #13

Pretty twisted kcr Nov 2013 #14

False dichotomy. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #16

Well kcr Nov 2013 #17

Ending the murder inducing hysteria over semi-auto rifles is NOT a call to strike all laws. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #26

So your mentioning of bans was merely incidental, right? kcr Nov 2013 #27

My god you have an utter disdain for logic. EOTE Nov 2013 #23

I'm not suggesting anything, I'm stating plainly -- if you can be truthful for 5 mins. -- Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #28

BS. You said NOTHING about any hysteria in your OP, just your contention that we shouldn't ban EOTE Nov 2013 #31

I think it's funny that when she must have realized how stupid and crazy the OP came across kcr Nov 2013 #32

It's like she's arrived at a conclusion and desperately trying to find out how she got there. EOTE Nov 2013 #34

The Cops operate with impunity FreakinDJ Nov 2013 #35

Locking In_The_Wind Nov 2013 #41