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Re:FBI director calls lack of data on police shootings "ridi... by mindcrime on Thursday October 08, 2015 @07:43PM (#10357166)
macho culture that drives gun nuttery

I was with you until here. Sorry, but what you call "gun nuttery" is very likely what I call a simple, principled belief that private individuals have a right to be armed, and a recognition that there will be "gear heads" around any hobby. Guitar players tend to own lots of guitars, shooting enthusiasts own lots of guns. Owning lots of guns and defending the 2A doesn't make somebody a "nutter" nor does it make them any more prone to committing violent crime.

'stand-your-ground'

What exactly is your problem with "stand your ground" laws?

'fuck-tha-police' sentiments

Sorry, but as long as police are "men with guns" using violence to enforce unjust laws, and especially as long as many of their numbers act like schoolyard bullies who never grew up, I'm going to remain firmly in the "fuck the police" camp.

for the most part, the police aren't broken.

I'm calling bullshit on this. Haven't we seen enough videos of cops abusing / beating / killing people who were clearly not posing any aggressive threat (including people who were already handcuffed and pinned to the ground) to realize that this is not true? Obviously not all cops are "bad" but to ignore the systemic problems in policing in America today is like sticking your head in the sand and pretending there's no problem because you can't see it.

Let's blame the politicians who criminalize everything

Now this we can agree on.

Re:FBI director calls lack of data on police shootings "ridi... by ccvannorman on Thursday October 08, 2015 @09:38PM (#10357606)
>for the most part, the police aren't broken.

>>I'm calling bullshit on this.

I have to agree with "for the most part", if you're talking about 90% of the interactions with the general public, things are just fine and dandy. Unfortunately a measely 10% of interactions means way, way too many go wrong. "For the most part" isn't good enough for me, and it shouldn't be good enough for America.