FBI director calls lack of data on police shootings "ridiculous," "embarrassing"

Re:FBI director calls lack of data on police shootings "ridi... by hga on Thursday October 08, 2015 @02:17PM (#10354799)

the general principal that people will not be held criminally accountable for use of force reasonably scaled to deal with an imminent threat

As long as once the threshold of lethal force is reached, all lethal force in reply until the threat is over is legitimate.

Midway through it's now almost total ban on guns the U.K. made self-defense with more force than being used on you illegal, first in the courts in the '50s and then by law in the '60s. Outlawing effective self-defense then makes it that much easier to outlaw guns altogether.

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Re:FBI director calls lack of data on police shootings "ridi... by 15155 on Thursday October 08, 2015 @03:49PM (#10355590)

Have an enjoyable read of this document:

https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q589.htm

> The only fully legal self defence product at the moment is a rape alarm.

This is the sad state that the UK is in at the moment.

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