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Adrahil

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13. Weird wording....

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Aug 22, 2014, 09:51 AM

Aug 2014

Being "semi-automatic" doesn't make a bullet powerful enough to penetrate body armor. That's a function of the cartridge. These kind of articles drive me nuts.

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LA school police to be given semi-automatic guns [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2014 OP

WHY?! sakabatou Aug 2014 #1

I once applied for a job in Compton. Art_from_Ark Aug 2014 #3

What you value your life? davidpdx Aug 2014 #8

Well, even the worst earthquake Art_from_Ark Aug 2014 #15

Ironically, Compton isn't even close to the most violent part of LA Recursion Aug 2014 #35

Cuz you need to pay for them. grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #14

There should be more info in this OP brush Aug 2014 #29

What could go wrong? MannyGoldstein Aug 2014 #2

Nuke the site from orbit. Maedhros Aug 2014 #28

Stupid. Schools are more safe, not less safe, than in the past Recursion Aug 2014 #4

Do you have a reference for that? candelista Aug 2014 #16

Universally, nationwide, for 20 years straight. Recursion Aug 2014 #17

Is the same true for schools in addition to to an entire country (i.e, that which was originally spe LanternWaste Aug 2014 #21

Yes. It's probably the most under-reported story of this generation Recursion Aug 2014 #33

That's an average, right? candelista Aug 2014 #22

Individual districts usually don't publish violence statistics, however... Recursion Aug 2014 #34

Murder by gunshot has fallen by almost 50% in 25 years NickB79 Aug 2014 #18

so let me ask Sherman A1 Aug 2014 #5

omg, murder rate is down and yet they are arming the "school police" with semi-automatic weapons.. secondwind Aug 2014 #6

I'm remembering the story a few days old that LA schools dropped their zero tolerance Trillo Aug 2014 #7

Penetrate body armor??? They need to be at the Bundy ranch, not a school. nt kelliekat44 Aug 2014 #9

holy fucking police state! whereisjustice Aug 2014 #10

Pine fresh scent!!...nt SidDithers Aug 2014 #20

I thought Buck Wheat had been shot? n/t lexx21 Aug 2014 #23

Some dems are very pragmatic...nt SidDithers Aug 2014 #24

I used to play with my friends and cousins ...war, cops and robbers with toy guns that used caps. L0oniX Aug 2014 #11

WTF? etherealtruth Aug 2014 #12

Weird wording.... Adrahil Aug 2014 #13

Yeah I thought that was poorly written too Recursion Aug 2014 #19

This makes no sense... lexx21 Aug 2014 #25

A tacticle vest Sgent Aug 2014 #30

Two points here.... lexx21 Aug 2014 #31

This who discussion is a little wierd Sgent Aug 2014 #40

Obviously NOLALady Aug 2014 #26

Worrying about Sandy Hook-style mass shootings is like worrying about meteor strikes Recursion Aug 2014 #36

My understanding the weapons will be locked in car trunk. HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #27

Violence is *not* more frequent in schools Recursion Aug 2014 #37

Do you have figures by decades? HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #38

I don't have it with me but the current school violence level is comparable to the late 1950s Recursion Aug 2014 #39

No hand grenades? No cluster bombs? No flame throwers? No napalm? aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #32