Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny
by baybal2 on Monday August 24, 2020 @02:53AM
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> Do the police in your country have guns? (Trick question. The police in every country, even Japan, have guns.)
No, please do your research
Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny
by scarface74 on Monday August 24, 2020 @02:05PM
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In the case of the US, if the criminals have guns and the law abiding people don’t, where does that leave the law abiding people?
It’s just like what happened when Reagan was the Governor of California. As soon as Black people started peacefully “exercising their second amendment rights”, both Reagan and the NRA were all for gun control.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulford_Act
Even now while the liberals are fighting for more gun control, conservatives are arming up - especially in the South.
The far right is getting armed while the far left is talking about “give peace a chance”.
Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny
by baybal2 on Monday August 24, 2020 @04:04PM
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I mean there is quite a number of countries where regular police are prohibited from carrying firearms, or at least don't carry them anywhere so casually.
Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny
by scarface74 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @12:18PM
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I bet those same countries don’t have the love affair with gun ownership and easy access as the US.
That still comes back to the same question - if the criminals have guns and neither law abiding citizens or the police have guns, where does that leave the law abiding citizens?
Re:Ketamine that's injected during arrests draws new scrutiny
by dragonwriter on Sunday August 23, 2020 @05:05PM
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> Firearms are safety equipment, nothing more.
The first half is at least arguably true, the second half is...not.
If an armed attacker breaks into your home, would not the first thing you do be to call someone to bring a gun over quickly to protect you and bring an end to the risk?
This is no different than keeping a fire extinguisher in your home versus relying 100% on the fire brigade to protect you.
Firearms are safety equipment, nothing more. The fact that you equate a common tool, used in every civilization in the world, to “some wild west fantasy”, says more about the baggage you attach to it than that which exists in reality.