Rob Pincus
New member
The use of deadly force can be be justified under circumstances other than "fear for life," but that is the justification being used here. That standard, in every case I am familiar with, has been "Did the officer have REASON TO BE in fear for his life?"
DC,
This is not a political position, this is common sense. If I choose to not "aquiesce" under some authoritarian gun-grabbing campaign that may come in the future and I die defending my right to own a firearm. that is one thing. It is quite another if I get shot by acting stupidly during a taffic stop or while being approached by officers on teh street. Diallo was not making a political stand, he was acting like a criminal, running from and disobeying officers who just wanted to ask him a few questions.
IMHO, Everyone needs to get off the political soapboxes on this one. Everything does not relate to our rights as gun owners and free americans. Sometimes McDonald's puts the double cheeseburger on the menu just because they have lots of burgers to sell, not because the gov't wants to fatten us up. Sometimes people in the media give a honest opinion, not recite the line that their Brainwashing bosses tell instill them with.
Every once in a while a Helicopter might just happen to fly over your house without taking pictures for the UN troops that are being hidden at the National Park.
If anyone wants to drop this conversation, thats fine with me. If you guys can't pull back and look at this objectively, and I am not going to look at it with a political agenda, we will not be able to come to terms on this.
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-Essayons
DC,
This is not a political position, this is common sense. If I choose to not "aquiesce" under some authoritarian gun-grabbing campaign that may come in the future and I die defending my right to own a firearm. that is one thing. It is quite another if I get shot by acting stupidly during a taffic stop or while being approached by officers on teh street. Diallo was not making a political stand, he was acting like a criminal, running from and disobeying officers who just wanted to ask him a few questions.
IMHO, Everyone needs to get off the political soapboxes on this one. Everything does not relate to our rights as gun owners and free americans. Sometimes McDonald's puts the double cheeseburger on the menu just because they have lots of burgers to sell, not because the gov't wants to fatten us up. Sometimes people in the media give a honest opinion, not recite the line that their Brainwashing bosses tell instill them with.
Every once in a while a Helicopter might just happen to fly over your house without taking pictures for the UN troops that are being hidden at the National Park.
If anyone wants to drop this conversation, thats fine with me. If you guys can't pull back and look at this objectively, and I am not going to look at it with a political agenda, we will not be able to come to terms on this.
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-Essayons