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Old 12-02-2015, 01:44 PM   #1
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oh and Spence - we get it, guns are evil and no one should have them but the police and military
Just to be clear, the reason the police carry weapons is to protect themselves not to protect you . I'm a huge supporter of the police but that's the fact
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Old 12-02-2015, 05:07 PM   #2
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Just to be clear, the reason the police carry weapons is to protect themselves not to protect you . I'm a huge supporter of the police but that's the fact
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well not really because its the Police's job to put themselves into harms way to protect the citizens, no?
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Old 12-02-2015, 05:52 PM   #3
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well not really because its the Police's job to put themselves into harms way to protect the citizens, no?
I bet 99% of the time a policeman pulls his weapon out of its holster it is to protect himself . But I get your point
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Mass shootings happen most everywhere. North America, South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia - other than Antartica. Hmmm. Trend.

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Old 12-02-2015, 07:16 PM   #5
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Mass shootings happen most everywhere. North America, South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia - other than Antartica. Hmmm. Trend.
Two today and nearly one a day for the entire year. If you're trying to compare us to Honduras or Syria you may have a point
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Two today and nearly one a day for the entire year. If you're trying to compare us to Honduras or Syria you may have a point
From what I'm hearing on the scanner and on the news the suspects could very well be from the Middle East so maybe there's a fair comparison
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From what I'm hearing on the scanner and on the news the suspects could very well be from the Middle East so maybe there's a fair comparison
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I love it, forming opinion from raw intel running over the scanner. What could go wrong?
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Nice, I giant F U to first responders. I didn't think you had that in you to be honest.
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