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Re:There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what ... by chrisseaton on Sunday June 07, 2020 @10:45AM (#23447688)
Maybe criminals carry and use guns because they know the police have guns?

Let's lower the stakes with what we do control - the police carrying guns.

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Re:There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what ... by throwaway894345 on Sunday June 07, 2020 @10:56AM (#23447784)
> Maybe criminals carry and use guns because they know the police have guns?

What? Of course criminals carry guns to threaten and harm other citizens, including other criminals. They aren’t principally concerned with defending themselves against the police.

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Re:There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what ... by hirundo on Sunday June 07, 2020 @10:52AM (#23447748)
People carry guns either to impose their will on other people or to avoid having other people's will imposed on themselves. Neither of those motivations go away if the police stop carrying guns.
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Re:There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what ... by chrisseaton on Sunday June 07, 2020 @10:55AM (#23447773)
If the police aren't threatening to shoot you then you don't need a gun to shoot back.
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Re:There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what ... by hirundo on Sunday June 07, 2020 @11:06AM (#23447864)
As if the police were the only such threat, and the crime that police are supposed to protect us from isn't significant. Without police, I'd be more inclined to carry and I don't think that would be unusual.
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Re:There's a growing call to defund the police. Here's what ... by throwaway894345 on Sunday June 07, 2020 @12:14PM (#23448383)
This assumes criminals only carry guns to defend themselves against police shootings, which is obviously and amusingly incorrect.
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