No Guns, No Shootings

[PGreen]

There is about one gun per person in the United States, and the police legitimately need to be able to wield more force than the citizens they are policing. In America there are lots of guns, so the cops need lots of guns. Consequently, people get shot.

The big reason British cops don't shoot civilians is that cops in the United Kingdom don't have guns. If a special situation requiring firearms arises, the call is put out for a specially trained firearms unit. But an unarmed teenager shoplifting blunts doesn't make the cut, so unarmed teens don't get shot by British cops.

Obvious difference between the United States and countries with drastically lower rates of police killing and nobody is talking about it. That's very unlikely to change any time soon. But it ought to.

 

[martybegan]

There is about one gun per person in the United States, and the police legitimately need to be able to wield more force than the citizens they are policing. In America there are lots of guns, so the cops need lots of guns. Consequently, people get shot.

The big reason British cops don't shoot civilians is that cops in the United Kingdom don't have guns. If a special situation requiring firearms arises, the call is put out for a specially trained firearms unit. But an unarmed teenager shoplifting blunts doesn't make the cut, so unarmed teens don't get shot by British cops.

Obvious difference between the United States and countries with drastically lower rates of police killing and nobody is talking about it. That's very unlikely to change any time soon. But it ought to.

No, they don't. What you desire is an armed class of knights, who have more rights than the people they police. We lend power to the police, we do not give it to them to hold exclusively.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

There is about one gun per person in the United States, and the police legitimately need to be able to wield more force than the citizens they are policing. In America there are lots of guns, so the cops need lots of guns. Consequently, people get shot.

The big reason British cops don't shoot civilians is that cops in the United Kingdom don't have guns. If a special situation requiring firearms arises, the call is put out for a specially trained firearms unit. But an unarmed teenager shoplifting blunts doesn't make the cut, so unarmed teens don't get shot by British cops.

Obvious difference between the United States and countries with drastically lower rates of police killing and nobody is talking about it. That's very unlikely to change any time soon. But it ought to.

Do you live in the US? If so,why?

 

[Roadrunner]

There is about one gun per person in the United States, and the police legitimately need to be able to wield more force than the citizens they are policing. In America there are lots of guns, so the cops need lots of guns. Consequently, people get shot.

The big reason British cops don't shoot civilians is that cops in the United Kingdom don't have guns. If a special situation requiring firearms arises, the call is put out for a specially trained firearms unit. But an unarmed teenager shoplifting blunts doesn't make the cut, so unarmed teens don't get shot by British cops.

Obvious difference between the United States and countries with drastically lower rates of police killing and nobody is talking about it. That's very unlikely to change any time soon. But it ought to.

STFU and move then.

 

[Geaux4it]

There is about one gun per person in the United States, and the police legitimately need to be able to wield more force than the citizens they are policing. In America there are lots of guns, so the cops need lots of guns. Consequently, people get shot.

The big reason British cops don't shoot civilians is that cops in the United Kingdom don't have guns. If a special situation requiring firearms arises, the call is put out for a specially trained firearms unit. But an unarmed teenager shoplifting blunts doesn't make the cut, so unarmed teens don't get shot by British cops.

Obvious difference between the United States and countries with drastically lower rates of police killing and nobody is talking about it. That's very unlikely to change any time soon. But it ought to.

Yet 99% of gun owners carry on their day without ever firing an unlawful shot

-Geaux

 

[dblack]

There is about one gun per person in the United States, and the police legitimately need to be able to wield more force than the citizens they are policing.

Ahh.... yes! Let's get right to the heart of what gun control is all about.

 

[dblack]

There is about one gun per person in the United States, and the police legitimately need to be able to wield more force than the citizens they are policing. In America there are lots of guns, so the cops need lots of guns. Consequently, people get shot.

The big reason British cops don't shoot civilians is that cops in the United Kingdom don't have guns. If a special situation requiring firearms arises, the call is put out for a specially trained firearms unit. But an unarmed teenager shoplifting blunts doesn't make the cut, so unarmed teens don't get shot by British cops.

Obvious difference between the United States and countries with drastically lower rates of police killing and nobody is talking about it. That's very unlikely to change any time soon. But it ought to.

No, they don't. What you desire is an armed class of knights, who have more rights than the people they police. We lend power to the police, we do not give it to them to hold exclusively.

You beat me to it. This is a really telling statement by the OP. The last thing we want is the police to be able to wield more force than the citizens they are policing.

 

[MisterBeale]

There is about one gun per person in the United States, and the police legitimately need to be able to wield more force than the citizens they are policing. In America there are lots of guns, so the cops need lots of guns. Consequently, people get shot.

The big reason British cops don't shoot civilians is that cops in the United Kingdom don't have guns. If a special situation requiring firearms arises, the call is put out for a specially trained firearms unit. But an unarmed teenager shoplifting blunts doesn't make the cut, so unarmed teens don't get shot by British cops.

Obvious difference between the United States and countries with drastically lower rates of police killing and nobody is talking about it. That's very unlikely to change any time soon. But it ought to.

 

[Geaux4it]

Wonder if this poor sap ever had his guns taken?

-Geaux

 

[dblack]

There is about one gun per person in the United States, and the police legitimately need to be able to wield more force than the citizens they are policing.

Ahh.... yes! Let's get right to the heart of what gun control is all about.

Yet, I wonder how many would accept the above statement unquestioned? Or even still see it as a truism?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Wait a second, if we took guns away from the cops who could we get to shoot the blacks ?

 

[Iceweasel]

I just checked. I still have my guns. FAIL.

 

[theHawk]

There is about one gun per person in the United States, and the police legitimately need to be able to wield more force than the citizens they are policing. In America there are lots of guns, so the cops need lots of guns. Consequently, people get shot.

The big reason British cops don't shoot civilians is that cops in the United Kingdom don't have guns. If a special situation requiring firearms arises, the call is put out for a specially trained firearms unit. But an unarmed teenager shoplifting blunts doesn't make the cut, so unarmed teens don't get shot by British cops.

Obvious difference between the United States and countries with drastically lower rates of police killing and nobody is talking about it. That's very unlikely to change any time soon. But it ought to.

Hey jackass, Mike Brown didn't get shot because he robbed a store unarmed. He got shot while assaulting an officer and tried to steal his gun away from him.

If you're going to try to have an honest debate, you might not want to start off with a blatant lie.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

By the way, if there's enough guns in America for one gun per person, then a whole bunch of people are missing theirs, because I've got 'em.

 

[2aguy]

The big reason British cops don't shoot civilians is that cops in the United Kingdom don't have guns. If a special situation requiring firearms arises, the call is put out for a specially trained firearms unit. But an unarmed teenager shoplifting blunts doesn't make the cut, so unarmed teens don't get shot by British cops.

Actually, I seem to recall that more British police are starting to carry weapons....too much violence, not enough "special" units....

 

[2aguy]

Here is an article....British police are carrying guns.....because of the violence.....

Sadly, for the anti gunners, the days of British police walking around unarmed are coming to an end....
BBC News - The British police on armed routine patrol

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Here is an article....British police are carrying guns.....because of the violence.....

Sadly, for the anti gunners, the days of British police walking around unarmed are coming to an end....
BBC News - The British police on armed routine patrol

With the # of Muslims that Britain has stupidly allowed in their country, the police will need to be armed going forward.

 

[Conservative65]

Wait a second, if we took guns away from the cops who could we get to shoot the blacks ?

Other blacks. I believe the statistic I saw is that 93% of blacks that were murdered were murdered by other blacks.

 

[MXdad]

There is about one gun per person in the United States, and the police legitimately need to be able to wield more force than the citizens they are policing. In America there are lots of guns, so the cops need lots of guns. Consequently, people get shot.

The big reason British cops don't shoot civilians is that cops in the United Kingdom don't have guns. If a special situation requiring firearms arises, the call is put out for a specially trained firearms unit. But an unarmed teenager shoplifting blunts doesn't make the cut, so unarmed teens don't get shot by British cops.

Obvious difference between the United States and countries with drastically lower rates of police killing and nobody is talking about it. That's very unlikely to change any time soon. But it ought to.

Well this is just Bass Akwards it's it.

So it's your expert opinion that folks get shot by LEO because they have guns? I find that hard to believe I have many guns and have never come close to being shot by LEO. Often I stand side by side of LEO In a store etc...I have a gun and he has a gun, yet he has never shot me.

Maybe he only shoots those involved in criminal activity.

Point out where an unarmed teen in the US was shot for steeling blunts. My guess is your referring to Big Mike Brown, Nope sorry he was not shot for shoplifting.

Do you wake up and think Hmmmmmm I must start a failed thread

 

[MXdad]

There is about one gun per person in the United States, and the police legitimately need to be able to wield more force than the citizens they are policing.

Ahh.... yes! Let's get right to the heart of what gun control is all about.

Well of course the OP prefers to live in a police state. That's what most of the authoritarian pecker woods want