hahah and you think shooting for legs/arms is going to reduce innocents getting shot?
It's better than them dying.
hahah and you think shooting for legs/arms is going to reduce innocents getting shot?
Wouldn't it make more sense to just require cops to use taser bullets when they come out? There's no reason to kill somebody when you can fully incapacitate him.
Wouldn't it make more sense to just require cops to use taser bullets when they come out? There's no reason to kill somebody when you can fully incapacitate him.
Because the killing saves lives.
It's truly amazing how much totally ignorant shit has come down the pike in such a short time. On both the local and national levels.
It's like everyone in government rode the short bus and only made it through the fifth grade.
It's better than them dying.
you're willing for them to actually KILL someone to prevent other crimes like theft?
What a lovely sentance. Have you ever heard of something called doublespeak? Never mind...
So it saves lives, prevents crimes like robbery, fine and dandy - lets just pretend that's true for a minute even though America has some of the highest violent crime levels combined with the highest cop shootings.
Now refer to that other thread - you do not support goverment action to prevent racial discrimination, correct? Even actions as simple as a fine being imposed if a business refuses to serve or hire someone on racial grounds? Isn't that right?
So even though you HATE the idea of government intervention, and couldn't accept any loss of income to a business even if it prevents something as disgusting as racial discrimination, you're willing for them to actually KILL someone to prevent other crimes like theft? Is that correct?
It does seem, to an outside obverver, that you are selfishly rather than politically motivated... in fact one might say it's clear you don't think racism is a crime worth preventing...
wtf. cops don't blow people away for stealing shit.
So you believe the Cops should be judge, jury and executioner? Not even Cops would want that.maybe if they did, a lot less shit would be stolen....
our 'justice' system provides no deterrent for someone to think about not committing a crime....hell, they will even get free room/board, 3 square meals a day, cable TV, library, work equipment and free laundry service...
so you really think that a cop who is in an intense situation where he/she has to pull a trigger will be able to precisely hit the criminal in the arm/leg/hand to slow them down, thus preventing them from being killed?
Here's a hint for you...gunfights in real life are not anywhere near how they are portrayed in movies and on TV...
How are they even going to prove where the cop was aiming anyway?
wtf. cops don't blow people away for stealing shit.
I don't think you understand. An officer is only legally able to shoot if their life or the life of others is in imminent danger.
Whatever. Replace with any crime you'd care to name. I'm asking how he (or American conservatives in general) can support state sponsored killing prevent some crime, while not wanting even so much as a fine for businesses who discriminte racially. Is this a consistant position again government intervention?
That's similar to the policy in this country, and yet the small city of Detroit alone has more police killings per year than the whole of the UK... why would you say that is?
That's similar to the policy in this country, and yet the small city of Detroit alone has more police killings per year than the whole of the UK... why would you say that is?
In this country when a police officer kills someone it's a national outrage, and this is the country which tolerates an unhead of level of CCTV saturation.
Why is it that the American 'small government' conservative crowd is so keen for the state to kill people? Surely that goes against everything you believe...
But come over across the pond with your knifes. You'll get shot too. That's a deadly weapon. With that knife in your hand you could kill me or cause serious bodily harm if you were within 15-20 feet before I could draw my weapon and fire. That's why I'd shoot you at 25 feet if you approached.
So you believe the Cops should be judge, jury and executioner? Not even Cops would want that.
Have you even fired a gun? Even TOUCHED one, perhaps with the tip of your finger? This proposal is completely non-functional.
Ooooo kay then...
Calm yourself down and have a beer or something...
Generally speaking, a business discriminating isn't threatening your life.
Can't you see the difference, regardless of your position on either issue, or are you just trolling?
I nominate Atheus for becoming a cop, then give him/her/it a taser to go into a bad neighborhood at pitch-black 2 AM in the morning to pacify armed felons.
practice your bullshits.
I'm not saying I support or don't support cops killing people or the death penalty or whatever, I'm simply asking how it fits with a small government position? Why don't you want people to defent _themselves_ and leave govt out of it? Seems you pick and choose when you want small governemt and when you want big government as it suits you.