Here's a case where gun control would actually have prevented the shooting of innocents: by disarming the poorly trained and anti-gun NYPD.
Is this accurate?
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isn't it ironic how Departments (certain city police, ATF, etc) that are pro gun-control... yet they use guns themselves??? even worse, they neglect how to run them properly??? just go to show you, "gun education > gun control"
....but part of me feels they deserve it by tolerating Bloomberg and his gun politics.....
As I posted on another forum:
From what I've gathered
16 shots fired
10 GSW's on Johnson
3 bystanders took direct shots
Other 6 took shrapnel/fragments from
Bullets impacting concrete etc.
Not agreeing or disagreeing on the shoot but IMO it's not right keep saying the cops shot 9 people.
As I posted on another forum:
From what I've gathered
16 shots fired
10 GSW's on Johnson
3 bystanders took direct shots
Other 6 took shrapnel/fragments from
Bullets impacting concrete etc.
Not agreeing or disagreeing on the shoot but IMO it's not right keep saying the cops shot 9 people.
IF a CHL holder had that result what would they have said?
I totally agree. This doesn't have anything to do with Bloomberg and his policies. Shooters miss from short distances all the time. The officers could have better training but that problem isn't relegated to just NYC.Guys....much as I hate NYC gun policies, let's not let that color our thoughts on this. You have a situation in which a shooter has just shot someone, and is leaving the area. You don't know if he's relocating to reload, to shoot others, or what - all you know is that he's armed and has been willing to kill for no apparent reason.
Sorry....but I don't think there's a damned thing they did wrong here. I regret that some rounds went errant - regret the injuries/death - but in my view, there was really very little choice at the point that he turned their direction.
Reverse the roles....put yourself in the shoes of those cops. I would have pulled the trigger - would you?
Guys....much as I hate NYC gun policies, let's not let that color our thoughts on this. You have a situation in which a shooter has just shot someone, and is leaving the area. You don't know if he's relocating to reload, to shoot others, or what - all you know is that he's armed and has been willing to kill for no apparent reason.
Sorry....but I don't think there's a damned thing they did wrong here. I regret that some rounds went errant - regret the injuries/death - but in my view, there was really very little choice at the point that he turned their direction.
Reverse the roles....put yourself in the shoes of those cops. I would have pulled the trigger - would you?