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Another unarmed man shot and killed by policeman
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Originally posted by squealpiggy View PostAnd I'm saying that such a broad stroke would be unworkable from a legal standpoint. Some guy breaks into your house, you push him out the front door and he pulls out a knife. Unarmed combat? Some guy steals from you and you chase after him to get it back, you grab the item he stole and he pulls out a gun, do you have to be all Neo? Bear in mind that I don't agree with widely available concealed carry permits.
You see I agree with much of this. I think that people mistake their concealed weapon for extra balls and deliberately get themselves into dangerous situations they would otherwise seek to avoid. That's how guns are marketed in the United States. The phrase used is "self defense" but what the target audience is supposed to think is "avenging gunman". Guns are marketed towards people that want to be Dirty Harry, not people who want to be Shaggy from Scooby Doo. As a result it's not surprising when you get a self-described "good guy with a gun" getting into a public shoot-out with another self-described "good guy with a gun" over a parking spot.
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