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Re:Sandra Bland, It Turns Out, Filmed Traffic Stop Confronta... by huffmsa on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @12:04PM (#19850752)
It is natural for centralized authority to go rotten if left unchecked. Certainly not imaginary.

If I had my way, all government bureaucrats would have a body cam glued to their chest, not just law enforcement. Humans are prone to bad behavior if they think they can get away with it.

And do carry a gun. And have a shotgun for home defense. And a long gun for when it's time to water the tree of liberty.

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Re:Sandra Bland, It Turns Out, Filmed Traffic Stop Confronta... by mannykannot on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @12:12PM (#19850829)
At what point, in the sort of situation we are discussing here, should one make use of one's gun?
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Re:Sandra Bland, It Turns Out, Filmed Traffic Stop Confronta... by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @12:39PM (#19851085)
Some people would say that the fact we're having this discussion means we should have used our guns a long time ago.

I don't personally think we're their yet because excessive police violence in my mind is simply a result of having a large amount of society that thinks you can pick and choose which human rights apply to whom and when and I think police violence will go away as that gets solved.

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Re:Sandra Bland, It Turns Out, Filmed Traffic Stop Confronta... by huffmsa on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @12:31PM (#19851006)
That's up to you. I'm just here to make sure you have firearms available for when you decide it's time to use them.
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Re:Sandra Bland, It Turns Out, Filmed Traffic Stop Confronta... by 3hoss on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @05:48PM (#19853760)
honest question: did you get partial tumescence when you typed "water[ing] the tree of liberty"?
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