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Re:FBI director calls lack of data on police shootings "ridi... by Frondo on Thursday October 08, 2015 @01:12PM (#10354163)
Because we entrust certain actors to be the enforcers of laws in society. This is the way societies have worked since the dawn of time; we aren't all charged with upholding laws, we give that task out to people to have that be their job.
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Re:FBI director calls lack of data on police shootings "ridi... by nickff on Thursday October 08, 2015 @02:01PM (#10354649)
This is in fact not how "societies have worked since the dawn of time".[1] The innovation of the monopoly of use of violence by the state is a relatively recent one, and not demonstrably necessary or sufficient to maintain an orderly and just society.[2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police#History

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_on_violence

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Re:FBI director calls lack of data on police shootings "ridi... by merpnderp on Thursday October 08, 2015 @03:15PM (#10355323)
The 2nd amendment was added based on how societies have worked since the dawn of time. Keep in mind that even in our "modern" era ~100,000,000 people were murdered by their own governments in the 20th century.
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