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[Off_base]

Law enforcement commits more wrongful deaths with their firearms every year than do citizens who are lawfully armed.

Thousands of videos online will attest to far too many cops having poor impulse control.

You can go to fbi.gov for some statistics. Officer involved killings do not happen every day, or every week, as perpetrated by "media" sources.
Civilian homicides happen every day and every week.
I will not argue this with you.

 

[TheLobster]

FALSE -- the studies correct for that.

Correct for what? The relative increase in safety against the aforementioned hazards that is granted a gun owner by the virtue of possessing a firearm vs. the purported increase in the likelihood of premature death solely due to said possession?

Because yes, you have to weigh those two against each other. You can’t just say, “Okay, we have accounted for the risk of the inhabitants of Nowhere, Montana to be mauled by a bear, therefore we can totally compare their gun safety data to that from Martha’s Vineyard.”

 

[alohadave]

My controversial opinion is that this particular discussion should go in a different forum.

 

[Off_base]

For whatever reason I've enjoyed a disproportionate number of negative police interactions over the years. Yet I've never been hit by lightning since I take practical measures to mitigate that risk.



Avoiding death-by-shark is yet another risk that can be mitigated by avoiding sharks.

With cops, however, they are unique in that if you actively avoid them then they get triggered and they come after you.

Here's some useful legal advice:

 

[crookedletter]

Now do one for axe deaths.

 

[Britva415]

No one is saying that. We are saying that being afraid of an inanimate object is irrational.

By saying that, you're pretending that that was what the person you say it to meant.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

By saying that, you're pretending that that was what the person you say it to meant.

If you say so.

 

[Off_base]

My controversial opinion is that this particular discussion should go in a different forum.

Agreed. I guess I should have seen this coming, but it was not my intention. Was just sharing my situation and wondered if anyone else identified with it. Maybe I just needed to talk about it as part of my coping mechanism.
I respect everyone's opinions, even those I disagree with.

 

[Baztrachian]

Cops love sharks. It's true! Just google "40% Cops" and it comes right up!

This is what I get from that query:

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2017R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/132808

(Excerpt)

Two studies have found that at least 40% of police officer families experience domestic violence, (1, 2) in contrast to 10% of families in the general population.(3) A third study of older and more experienced officers found a rate of 24% (4), indicating that domestic violence is 24 times more common among police families than American families in general. A police department that has domestic violence offenders among its ranks will not effectively serve and protect victims in the community.5, 6, 7, 8 Moreover, when officers know of domestic violence committed by their colleagues and seek to protect them by covering it up, they expose the department to civil liability.

 

[Statius]

being in a room with a confederate flag on the wall would make me uncomfortable, because somebody put it there for a reason and the most likely reasons are probably not great. if I'm in a civil war museum, probably fine! if i'm in some guy's living room, I'm probably going to get the hell out of there

guns aren't naturally occurring, they don't sprout out of a coffee table like a mushroom

There's a HS in Michigan that had a rebel mascot. That damn flag was all over the building until sometime around 2015/16? Whenever they started tearing down Confederate soldier statues. Nice, right?

 

[AwkwardMD]

This is what I get from that query:

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2017R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/132808

(Excerpt)

Two studies have found that at least 40% of police officer families experience domestic violence, (1, 2) in contrast to 10% of families in the general population.(3) A third study of older and more experienced officers found a rate of 24% (4), indicating that domestic violence is 24 times more common among police families than American families in general. A police department that has domestic violence offenders among its ranks will not effectively serve and protect victims in the community.5, 6, 7, 8 Moreover, when officers know of domestic violence committed by their colleagues and seek to protect them by covering it up, they expose the department to civil liability.

What a weird result.

 

[PennyThompson]

There's a HS in Michigan that had a rebel mascot. That damn flag was all over the building until sometime around 2015/16? Whenever they started tearing down Confederate soldier statues. Nice, right?

the only confederate flag I support displaying is the 28th Virginia Battle Flag, captured in the Battle of Gettysburg by the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment and displayed in the Minnesota state capital as a war trophy

 

[Baztrachian]

You can go to fbi.gov for some statistics. Officer involved killings do not happen every day, or every week, as perpetrated by "media" sources.
Civilian homicides happen every day and every week.
I will not argue this with you.

"than do citizens who are lawfully armed."

 

[PennyThompson]

My controversial opinion is that this particular discussion should go in a different forum.

 

[Baztrachian]

the only confederate flag I support displaying is the 28th Virginia Battle Flag, captured in the Battle of Gettysburg by the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment and displayed in the Minnesota state capital as a war trophy

I periodically fly the Stars and Bars and also the Bonnie Blue just because the ignorant, recreationally offended assclowns don't know that these are Confederate flags.

 

[cw5523729]

and also the Bonnie Blue

Just an FYI - mentioning Bonnie Blue on a porn site is probably not going to make people envision what you're thinking of

 

[Off_base]

"than do citizens who are lawfully armed."

Whether a person who commits a murder was lawfully or unlawfully armed, is not a statistic that the U.S. government keeps.
They also don't keep stats on how many crimes are prevented by lawfully armed citizens...they only offer estimates between 500k and 2 million.
Having a fear of the police based upon the actions of a few might be seen as irrational, by some of the commenters here.

 

[Statius]

the only confederate flag I support displaying is the 28th Virginia Battle Flag, captured in the Battle of Gettysburg by the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment and displayed in the Minnesota state capital as a war trophy

The way it should be

 

[MillieDynamite]

Some of us have more reasons to fear the police than others.

Whether a person who commits a murder was lawfully or unlawfully armed, is not a statistic that the U.S. government keeps.
They also don't keep stats on how many crimes are prevented by lawfully armed citizens...they only offer estimates between 500k and 2 million.
Having a fear of the police based upon the actions of a few might be seen as irrational, by some of the commenters here.

 

[Baztrachian]

Having a fear of the police based upon the actions of a few might be seen as irrational, by some of the commenters here.

I am glad that you have never had the kinds of interactions with them that I have.

 

[Off_base]

Some of us have more reasons to fear the police than others.

I didn't mean to imply otherwise

 

[Off_base]

Please,

Someone,

Post a new controversy. For the love of....

Please?

 

[TheLobster]

Never, not in a million years, will pineapple ever belong on pizza.

*runs*

 

[onehitwanda]

Chocolate ice cream is shit. Vanilla is the way, the truth and the light.

 

[PennyThompson]

Never, not in a million years, will pineapple ever belong on pizza.

*runs*

The combination of salty/smoky and sweet/acidic is a S-tier flavor profile, which is why barbequed meat with a vinegar-based sauce is an incredible dish in multiple cultures and countries.

Pineapple and Canadian Bacon Pizza is a proud member of that same genus!

*Plants a Union battle flag in the blood soaked soil and starts singing John Brown's Body*