Originally Posted by
tn1911
Sounds more like a whack job who had reached the end of his rope and wanted to bang it out with a bunch of cops.
That's how it reads to me.
Originally Posted by
Wake27
Why is he still alive? The Buffalo shooter should've been killed on the spot, this guy probably too.
Because that is how it shook out. Last thing we need is a cop on camera executing someone who has clearly surrendered or been incapacitated no matter how much they might deserve it. Responding LEOs typically don't have all the info of what actually put events in motion, that is why judges decide on sentencing. And finally, what if a cop drops a hammer on someone and then comes to find out they were somehow innocent or mistaken address or whatever...then that guy has to live with that shit the rest of his life.
Now obviously if you are defending yourself or others, it's gonna be a good shoot, but as much as we might want the police to "take out the garbage" from time to time, we really don't want that to become some kind of default template.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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