2.5 million defensive gun uses like that every year. we can thank obama and his executive order to have the gov do research on gun violence and then pretended like it never happened because he didnt like the results.
you are right, that ccw guy made it better for a lot of people in that walmart missouri
Pulling the fire alarm cleared the store but is that a good thing. Most times people mass together after the exit the building, which actually makes them better targets. If this idiot was still contemplating murder, he wouldn’t have had a better chance. The firefighter ended that possibility, so yes, he neutralized any remaining potential threat.
Cubs, the question of why the kid was arrested is a good one. Even in an open carry state, if you display the weapon (or even have a weapon on you) and then assume a threatening posture or actually make threats, you will most likely be violating the law. In addition, I guess there are disturbing the peace and other laws that you may run afoul of depending upon your actions and how you respond to law enforcement. Context matters; if he does this 2 weeks ago maybe nothing happens. Worst case then is that a police officer asks him to put the rifle away and don't carry it like that. But doing it today in the context of the recent events may contribute to his being arrested. They can always not charge him in the end.
You’re conflating the two very different and separate events to try to form the basis of a racism argument. In the first, police are responding to what they think is an armed gunman who has been threatening people by pointing the weapon (one of those scary assault looking weapons) at them. The fact that it was a toy is irrelevant because it appeared to be a real weapon. There’s no evidence that race played any part in the police’s actions. Procedures may be a different story though. When responding to a potential active shooter, how should they handle the situation? Should they try to talk to the guy? Maybe. But then they potentially put others at risk if he opens fire. Is that acceptable?
You’re just assuming that race had anything to do with it. You also seem to think that cops should just let someone that they are responding to as a possible active shooter point his weapon at someone before they shoot. That basically means they’ll let him shoot at someone before they can take him down. What if you’re that someone? Or your wife, daughter, or son? Are you ready to take that bullet because someone decided that police can only neutralize a threat after they’ve used deadly force?
Like I said, there may be some procedural things here to look at. But holding the gun in your hand by anything close to the trigger where it can be employed almost instantly is different than open carrying with the gun sling over your shoulder or in a holster. Context and situation matter, in both directions. But this is far different than your misrepresentation of this as cops killing a black man because he was black.
List some specific places and policies that BLM has inspired that actually benefits the communities they claim to help. I’ll even help you with body cams. Although, if you do any real research on their effect, they are actually aiding police far more than BLM would ever think possible.And? I am against police brutality and corruption no matter who the victim is. Thank God groups like Black Lives Matter are here to combat police injustice and brutality.....it seems to benefit Blacks and White people, especially since White people are victims too.
