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mikeysnot

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18. You mean the fact that the officers were armed did not deter him from shooting them?

Reply to KeepItReal (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 11:41 AM

Dec 2012

How can that be?

These are life saving devices!

The officers being armed should have deterred the crime from happening!

Must be faulty life saving devices.

Time to have a recall on ALL faulty life saving devices.

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2 Kansas officers fatally shot outside market [View all] KeepItReal Dec 2012 OP

Guns in the hands of the public is a resoundingly bad idea. Loudly Dec 2012 #1

In anyone's hands. n/t DeSwiss Dec 2012 #2

So are bullets. In their legs, arms, stomachs... jtuck004 Dec 2012 #9

That story begins with a man with a grudge and a gun. Loudly Dec 2012 #21

And ends with him dead and several innocent people shot by the police. jtuck004 Dec 2012 #22

You're not going to war with your government. Loudly Dec 2012 #23

I guess if one wants a target, your straw man is as good as anything. jtuck004 Dec 2012 #25

THOSE COPS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ARMED Skittles Dec 2012 #3

Bingo! Eric the Reddish Dec 2012 #10

Ditto n/t Scairp Dec 2012 #11

Yes, if only they had guns & were trained... Doodler71 Dec 2012 #13

+1 valerief Dec 2012 #16

i thought the same thing... orleans Dec 2012 #28

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+1. Ambushed just like those children, and guess what? They were armed. freshwest Dec 2012 #5

I'm still waiting for a rational reason why being armed can protect one from an ambush attack. alp227 Dec 2012 #24

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Cbief calls it �unspeakable.�I call it "predictable." And no doubt the killers call it "fun." freshwest Dec 2012 #6

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I am always interested in the cultural origins of surnames too Skittles Dec 2012 #29

I was not insulted by being questioned about my underlying reason for asking... ReRe Dec 2012 #30

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Thanks for updating this sad event involving guns... ReRe Dec 2012 #31

You mean the fact that the officers were armed did not deter him from shooting them? mikeysnot Dec 2012 #18

Suspect has died. MuseRider Dec 2012 #19

Good riddance to bad rubbish. Beacool Dec 2012 #20

They shouldn't have waited for the police jberryhill Dec 2012 #26