DesideriScuri
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ORIGINAL: Greta75
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
You missed two points, one of which is incredibly vital, Greta. Jeff referenced someone who LEGALLY owns a gun being very unlikely to get involved in a gun fight with the police.
Your question to that statement demonstrates that you don't understand that "incredibly unlikely" does not mean "never." Thus, just because someone is incredibly unlikely to do a thing, that doesn't mean that person will never do that thing. And, your question also demonstrates that you don't understand the difference between someone who legally owns a gun and someone who does not legally own a gun.
Actually, I misunderstood nothing.
Yo continue to misunderstand. You questioned Jeff's assertion that people who legally own a gun are very unlikely to get involved in a gun fight with the police. First, if we assume the shooter legally owned the gun, that he got in a gun fight with a cop (actually, just shot the cop) doesn't negate the Jeff's claim. If the shooter did not legally own the gun, then this instance doesn't fall under Jeff's assertion.
Clearly you didn't understand.
And, while we're at it, it's likely at the back of every cop's mind that a suspect could be armed. How many times have you read that if you pull your gun, you had better be ready to kill someone with it, otherwise, don't pull it out. There was no reason for this cop to expect the suspect to be armed. Pulling a gun on an unarmed person, especially when the complaint is that he was stealing groceries, will be vilified in the court of public opinion, and would be considered threatening with excessive force.
Should the cop have had his gun drawn when he went to talk to the people outside the store? I mean, technically, any or all of the adults could have been packing, too. Just because they were the ones to call the police doesn't mean he wasn't walking into a trap.
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