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TheVisitor

(173 posts)
24. nah...
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 11:25 PM
Oct 2014

The more guns = more violence has been debunked in so many ways... Notably, refer to countries with high gun ownership and extremely low crime rates. There are several.

They were trained so hard after 9/11 to look everywhere for terrorism and to be hypervigilent at all times, that they became what they hated... Because they rarely ever found any real threat... If a police officer dies in my state we hear about it for months in the news... How tragic it is... Etc etc etc... If someone is killed by a cop they are lucky if they are mentioned namelessly... As if it is an ordinary occurrence and if they die it is assumed to be their fault anyway... So the whole 'cops are scared' thing is a joke... They are the scary ones... Because now if someone breaks into your house you have to think twice about defending yourself... Either choice could cost you your life... If it is a swat team and you jump to defend... Bam, dead... If it is an armed robbery... You hesitate out of fear because you could be getting swatted... and bam, Dead... Point is, now you have an even scarier monster to try to defend yourself from... And who do you call for an emergency when the police are the ones committing the crimes???

Gun ownership is a civil right, whether or not people like it these days... But if we start picking and choosing our civil rights we won't be in for a very good time... With the police behaving the way they have been lately... So publicly... I'd say now is a horrible time to get rid of any guns you may have..

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So you are saying police officers in the US are terrorists? oberliner Oct 2014 #1
Is that what you got out of it? nt TheVisitor Oct 2014 #2
I asked the question oberliner Oct 2014 #4
You need to watch ... aggiesal Oct 2014 #16
OK - I'll look for it oberliner Oct 2014 #18
Try this. aggiesal Oct 2014 #20
I agree.nt bravenak Oct 2014 #3
Your post is a little hard to follow. Who are you talking about? Avalux Oct 2014 #5
Fail. Rhinodawg Oct 2014 #6
The OP is pretty spot on. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #11
well, check this out... TheVisitor Oct 2014 #19
Ah. Of course. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #33
ditto AnAzulTexas Oct 2014 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author Electric Monk Oct 2014 #7
Who are you referring to? N/t GP6971 Oct 2014 #8
I wish we could move beyond our current police model. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #9
Definitely, there is always room for improvement. nt TheVisitor Oct 2014 #10
(facepalm) Epic. Just epic. flvegan Oct 2014 #12
Part of what you say is very true. I'm not so sure of the correlation with the Justice.. BlueJazz Oct 2014 #13
I'm not sure... TheVisitor Oct 2014 #22
To say that "MUSLIMS" R-E-F-U-S-E to disavow ISIS is WRONG! MANY, if not MOST Muslims Ecumenist Oct 2014 #29
wow TheVisitor Oct 2014 #31
Did I say that there weren't PR campaigns? Please point out where I EVER said that, Visitor? Never Ecumenist Oct 2014 #32
The police are actually ISIS terrorists? zappaman Oct 2014 #14
Hyperbole is OK if not misused as it is in this OP....worthy to note that policing 300 million folks Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #21
nah... TheVisitor Oct 2014 #24
Is that why they pull people over and harass or kill them because of their skin color? Beat up jtuck004 Oct 2014 #28
well, wouldn't you be scared? TheVisitor Oct 2014 #30
I don't believe we have millions of ISIS members in the U.S. yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #15
Sounds like you missed the body of the post demwing Oct 2014 #17
You are right in the fact that the public is overly alarmed about something that's not a threat... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #25
Thanks TheVisitor Oct 2014 #26
Yeah,....I'm a fukin' genius though.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #27
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