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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38767 Gender:	Enough! Disarm US Cops. Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 9:43am This is just way beyond the pale. Link. Why'd you shoot me? I don't know. Take their guns off them.
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Marla Gold Member Offline Weed is my Jesus Posts: 13649 Colorado Gender:	Re: Enough! Disarm US Cops. Reply #2 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 9:46am Just another product of the American capitalist educational system.
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38767 Gender:	Re: Enough! Disarm US Cops. Reply #3 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:13am ... wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 9:45am: You havent thought this through. What's to 'think through.' An unarmed man, on his back with both arms raised, telling the Police all is well....is shot, and is told by the shooter, 'I don't know why.' Take their bloody guns off them.
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Squire Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 525 Gender:	Re: Enough! Disarm US Cops. Reply #4 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:31am Aussie wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 9:43am: This is just way beyond the pale. Link. Why'd you shoot me? I don't know. Take their guns off them. The cop fired more than 1 shot. Man was on the ground, on his back with arms raised.
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Fuzzball Gold Member Offline Posts: 6381 Australia Gender:	Re: Enough! Disarm US Cops. Reply #5 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:33am Aussie wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 9:43am: This is just way beyond the pale. Link. Why'd you shoot me? I don't know. Take their guns off them. Utter rubbish!
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 74670 Gender:	Re: Enough! Disarm US Cops. Reply #6 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:34am Aussie wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:13am: What's to 'think through.' You want to disarm cops in a country where almost every gang banger and fruit loop carries a gun? A country where cops getting shot at seems like an almost weekly occurrence? I agree with Honky, you haven't thought this through.
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Reply #7 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:37am

John Smith wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:34am:

Aussie wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:13am:

What's to 'think through.'

You want to disarm cops in a country where almost every gang banger and fruit loop carries a gun? A country where cops getting shot at seems like an almost weekly occurrence?

I agree with Honky, you haven't thought this through.

Trolling?

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Reply #8 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:43am

John Smith wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:34am:

Aussie wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:13am:

What's to 'think through.'

You want to disarm cops in a country where almost every gang banger and fruit loop carries a gun? A country where cops getting shot at seems like an almost weekly occurrence?

I agree with Honky, you haven't thought this through.

Yes, how many times does it need to be shoved in our faces that they are not responsible gun possessors? They have become uniformed killers of innocent civilians.

So, take their guns off them.

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Reply #9 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:49am

Squire wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:31am:

Aussie wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 9:43am:

This is just way beyond the pale.

Link.

Why'd you shoot me?

I don't know.

Take their guns off them.

The cop fired more than 1 shot. Man was on the ground, on his back with arms raised.

Absolutely disgusting.

Mr Hammer will be celebrating, though.

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Reply #10 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 11:04am

Aussie wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:43am:

John Smith wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:34am:

Aussie wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:13am:

What's to 'think through.'

You want to disarm cops in a country where almost every gang banger and fruit loop carries a gun? A country where cops getting shot at seems like an almost weekly occurrence?

I agree with Honky, you haven't thought this through.

Yes, how many times does it need to be shoved in our faces that they are not responsible gun possessors? They have become uniformed killers of innocent civilians.

So, take their guns off them.

so far this year over 68 police have been shot to death in the line of duty ... and you want to disarm them? Cheesy

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I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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Reply #11 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 11:05am

greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:49am:

Squire wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:31am:

Aussie wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 9:43am:

This is just way beyond the pale.

Link.

Why'd you shoot me?

I don't know.

Take their guns off them.

The cop fired more than 1 shot. Man was on the ground, on his back with arms raised.

Absolutely disgusting.

Mr Hammer will be celebrating, though.

I agree, this cop should be charged and jailed .... but to call for police to be disarmed Roll Eyes

aussie must have fallen out of bed this morning

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I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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Reply #12 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 11:35am

John Smith wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 11:04am:

Aussie wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:43am:

John Smith wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:34am:

Aussie wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 10:13am:

What's to 'think through.'

You want to disarm cops in a country where almost every gang banger and fruit loop carries a gun? A country where cops getting shot at seems like an almost weekly occurrence?

I agree with Honky, you haven't thought this through.

Yes, how many times does it need to be shoved in our faces that they are not responsible gun possessors? They have become uniformed killers of innocent civilians.

So, take their guns off them.

so far this year over 68 police have been shot to death in the line of duty ... and you want to disarm them? Cheesy

So.....doesn't that establish that having guns is not protecting them?

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Reply #13 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 11:38am

Part of the festering sore that is US gun culture, is Hollywood, which has been glorifying the use of firearms since 1900. Right up until the 1960s, they did this by not showing any bloody wounds, or brains hanging out. But once society got a taste for it, Hollywood couldn't dish the stuff out quick enough. And don't we Australians love watching American shoot each other on TV? We are all "Holier than thou," watching news, but lets face it, we love seeing gun-play, or we wouldn't buy the stuff.

Its interesting that Hollywood will vote for Obama on many social issues including the war in Iraq, but are they going to tone down the gun-play in totally fictitious movies? Not while it sells. Of course, the screen writers and directors claim they are merely interpreting real life. That may be so, but they can't deny they helped, in a big part, to create contemporary American gun culture.

There claim to present social comment or reality is rather hollow. Anyone who is trained in the use of firearms has to be appalled at what Hollywood has even the good guys doing. First of all, you do not level a firearm (loaded or not) at any living thing unless you intend to shoot. Threatening people with the muzzle of a loaded gun is not a reasonable way to settle a dispute, but it is a good way to get yourself disarmed and maybe killed.
One good rule of thumb is not to let the enemy know you are armed until you fire.

But here is an example of Hollywood at its most stupid with firearms. Kevin Costner in Dances with Wolves is looking for a buried cache of fireams on the Praire, but heavy rain falls. He rides around with a rifle in one hand (stupid) and the reins in the other. When he thinks he has found the spot, he throws the Henry rifle, his only defense, down into the mud and jumps down from the horse. Well I guess the rifle would shoot round corners after that.

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Prime Minister for Canyons Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26906 Canberra Gender:	Re: Enough! Disarm US Cops. Reply #14 - Jul 22^nd, 2016 at 11:39am Dont know about disarming, but definitely better training required.
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