If you only had this board to go by, it would appear that the police only shoot the good guys, and rarely (probably by mistake) do they shoot the bad guys or save anyone from being shot!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
a "service weapon" is a weapon issued to him by the force as opposed to being his "personal weapon" which he would have purchased for himself. They are equally as deadly and will have the same result if not handled and discharged properly by a person fully trained in handling such weapons, civilian, military personnel, police officer, etc. (all equal when it comes to proper legal use of a weapon)....but you already knew that!
The service weapon IS deadly...But it rarely murders when discharged.
If you only had this board to go by, it would appear that the police only shoot the good guys, and rarely (probably by mistake) do they shoot the bad guys or save anyone from being shot!
Nah, cops shoot "bad guys" too(if you consider unlicensed drug merchants "bad guys")...If you follow box's posts, gun owners(the mundane) never shoot in self defense, and if they do and kill somebody, they must stand trial to justify it. Unlike the hero, when the "service weapon" is "discharged", it almost always is justified using "officer safety".
If you follow box's posts, gun owners never shoot in self defense, and if they do and kill somebody, they must stand trial to justify it. Unlike the hero, when the "service weapon" is "discharged", it almost always is justified using "officer safety".
The gun owner occasionally shoots in self defense, but if you're a woman, having a gun in your home does NOT make you safer, in fact, it adds to your risk of being killed.
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The availability of firearms is a strong risk factor for both homicide and suicide... Females are uniquely impacted by the availability of a firearm. Indeed, the study found that women with access to firearms become homicide victims at significantly higher rates than men.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
If you follow box's posts, gun owners(the mundane) never shoot in self defense, and if they do and kill somebody, they must stand trial to justify it.
Published in the American Journal of Public Health, researchers interviewed 417 women across 67 battered women’s shelters. Nearly a third of these women had lived in a household with a firearm. In two-thirds of the homes, their intimate partners had used the gun against them, usually threatening to kill (71.4%) them.
A very small percentage of these women (7%) had used a gun successfully in self-defense, and primarily just to scare the attacking male partner away.
Gun threats in the home against women by their intimate partners appear to be more common across the United States than self-defense uses of guns by women. NIH http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448464/
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The (re)invention of the tension between nature and history performs the totalization of representational familiarity.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The phenomenalism of localized small-group cultures comes from the invention of commodified objects.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Plus, IF they are good guys, they can always plant some "synthetic marijuana" in the car and no one would feel bad for the guy they just murdered or tried to murder.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
The availability of firearms is a strong risk factor for both homicide and suicide... Females are uniquely impacted by the availability of a firearm. Indeed, the study found that women with access to firearms become homicide victims at significantly higher rates than men.
Using this logic, then female cop should not be given a "service weapon" and most certainly should never be allowed to take their service weapon home.
Using this logic, then female cop should not be given a "service weapon" and most certainly should never be allowed to take their service weapon home.
That may well be where part of this 7% number comes from: A very small percentage of these women (7%) had used a gun successfully in self-defense, and primarily just to scare the attacking male partner away.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
If there is no gun, the assaulting domestic partner will have no other recourse to re-think his violent tendencies and automatically withdraw from the violent situation that is at hand. He certainly will have no other physical advantage or weapon with which to perpetrate the assault against his weaker partner.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
If there is no gun, the assaulting domestic partner will have no other recourse to re-think his violent tendencies and automatically withdraw from the violent situation that is at hand. He certainly will have no other physical advantage or weapon with which to perpetrate the assault against his weaker partner.
Yes, that is the logical conclusion. A gun is the ONLY lethal weapon in a home. And apparently, based on box's posts, women can never be trusted to possess a gun. Evidently they are untrainable.