U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018)

Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018) by madengr on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @12:41PM (#20346001)

“If someone is lurking outside our house, we don't think to ourselves.. "Hmm, should I call the police? I don't see a gun, he probably isn't too dangerous.. I'll just wait it out".”

I’d actually just grab my gun and wait it out, assuming I wasn’t already carrying it.

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Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018) by logfromblammo on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @01:12PM (#20346318)

In the US, you only call the cops if someone is likely going to die anyway, and you want a better chance of it not being you or one of your friends.

The current training regimes generally do not emphasize de-escalation. Adrenaline-fueled escalations end up killing people that have not committed capital crimes, and likely never would.

There is, of course, also the possibility that the cops don't show up in a timely fashion, or don't do anything to help you when they do arrive, or even turn their investigation onto you, and that is not independent of cultural background or apparent skin color.

There are reasons for owning and carrying guns in the US beyond hoplophilia.

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