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Originally Posted by Tennisbum
As soon as I read the blurb, "In a 24-day period in 2015, police
in the United States shot more people than the police did in England and Wales in 24 years" I knew that it may be a bit biased. How can you compare what happens in Chicago, Baltimore, etc. with two counties that have very few guns in the general population. There are more guns in the hands of the thugs on the south side of Chicago then there are in all of England and Wales. Once the police are officially declawed and we start sending out focus groups to manage the killers, I am sure things will get much better. Until you have had somebody turn and fire at you, you have no standing in any discussion on how and when to shoot.
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Everyone has standing because we vote for the politicians that DECIDE how to deal with crime. They are ALL or almost all people that have NEVER been shot at themselves. Humans have empathy and can project themselves into a situation. It is a basic part of life. If you are called to jury duty, they do NOT call only robbery victims to decide a robbery case. And etc. Judges and others DO take into consideration "heat of the moment situations". You have a point that there is a factor to consider there. And it IS taken into consideration.