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hunter

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8. Cops and guns.

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Mon Jul 10, 2017, 08:53 PM

Jul 2017

Most cops shouldn't be allowed to carry guns.

When someone chooses to carry a gun for "self defense" that's a fucking big red flag that they might not be fit to do so.

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Police say they shot two dogs who charged at an officer. Then the homeowner posted her video. [View all] jpak Jul 2017 OP

LOL paywall. aidbo Jul 2017 #1

Just open it in an incognito browser window... Else You Are Mad Jul 2017 #3

And it has worked Control-Z Jul 2017 #5

You are still making them... Else You Are Mad Jul 2017 #6

It's a curse, I tell ya. Control-Z Jul 2017 #17

The poor dogs weren't behaving aggressively at all. That fearful officer doesn't belong in a job pnwmom Jul 2017 #2

cowardly bastard. nt TheFrenchRazor Jul 2017 #4

Link to the video at StarTribune - no pay wall Yonnie3 Jul 2017 #7

Cops and guns. hunter Jul 2017 #8

Naturally the first response of the police is to lie. n/t DefenseLawyer Jul 2017 #9

That profession must attract the same type of people as politics.... erronis Jul 2017 #14

Sadly, in many cases it's how they are taught. n/t DefenseLawyer Jul 2017 #15

Thank God it wasn't a kitty left-of-center2012 Jul 2017 #10

What a coward! Adrahil Jul 2017 #11

Scared of their own damn shadows, these fuckers. Iggo Jul 2017 #12

An idiot could see that the body language of those dogs Doreen Jul 2017 #13

There's a gofundme for the dogs tammywammy Jul 2017 #16