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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"If only those police officers were armed, they could have defended themselves."
This event in Dallas shows how that line of reasoning is just so much bullshit that should not be taken seriously.
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"If only those police officers were armed, they could have defended themselves." (Original Post)
Electric Monk
Jul 2016
OP
If only we could convince bad people from doing bad things - the world would be a much
jonno99
Jul 2016
#3
Reports (CNN) are they finally took out the sniper with a robot bomb, not a gun.
Electric Monk
Jul 2016
#6
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)1. Yeah. Too bad there wasn't a good guy with a gun around.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)2. K&R nt
jonno99
(2,620 posts)3. If only we could convince bad people from doing bad things - the world would be a much
nicer place. Why are people so mean to one another?
Sigh...
TeddyR
(2,493 posts)4. What?
Thankfully there were armed police officers there or it would have been much worse.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)6. Reports (CNN) are they finally took out the sniper with a robot bomb, not a gun.
Ironic enough for you?
deathrind
(1,786 posts)5. The Dallas event.
Pretty much renders that NRA talking point moot.
It is going to be interesting to see what direction the NRA's reaction to this (as well as the two prior events this week that lead up to last nights tragedy) is going to take. Are they going to double down and remain steadfast in their zero tolerance for compromise position or admit that we have a problem and need to address it with solutions in a mature manner.
Jerry442
(1,265 posts)7. History would suggest they're locked in to the double down strategy. NT
deathrind
(1,786 posts)8. I think you are right.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)9. So much bullshit !!!