What Dog Shootings Reveal About American Policing

Re:What Dog Shootings Reveal About American Policing by rawfan on Friday July 14, 2017 @07:44AM (#14769046)

It's not about disarming police officers, it's about disarming the public. We have armed police officers in Germany. The number of people they shoot per year is close to nil. They can expect no one is going to kill them and act that way.

Really.. just make it harder to get a gun license. Only hunters and security personel should be able to get one. Plus a limited license for people who shoot for sports. No one whatsoever should be able to buy automatic machine guns and the like.

That won't immediately solve the problem, but is IMO the only way to start a solution.

What you SHOULD take away from cops are the supposedly NON-LETHAL weapons. Cops use them, as if they did no harm and don't think twice about using a less problematic option.

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Re:What Dog Shootings Reveal About American Policing by rayiner on Friday July 14, 2017 @08:02AM (#14769117)

Very few American police officers get shot. It's an imagined threat, like terrorism: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6373798.

And yes, people should be able to own at least some kinds of guns. Though, I think you could constitutionally ban handguns: the 2nd amendment exists to let the people defend the homeland against external threats and possibly the government, not for personal defense. It's automatic rifles that people should be allowed to own.

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