Comment by logicchains
2 days ago
>The guns in the US don't seem to be helping people avoid getting shot by ICE.
The woman who was shot was a democrat without any guns, maybe if she'd had a gun she wouldn't have been shot.
2 days ago
>The guns in the US don't seem to be helping people avoid getting shot by ICE.
The woman who was shot was a democrat without any guns, maybe if she'd had a gun she wouldn't have been shot.
> maybe if she'd had a gun she wouldn't have been shot
And how do you imagine that, exactly? You think that cop was fine shooting her for driving away in panic, but would patiently wait for her to grab a gun? And what would you like a person in her situation to do with the gun? Shoot him? The fact is, pulling a weapon in front of a US cop is begging to be killed on the spot. A common point of advice is that if you're stopped in the US by police, you should never look like you're reaching for anything, because the worst-case penalty for that is death. It instantly escalates the situation to life-or-death for a group of people that is largely already itching to pull the trigger.
Maybe if he didn't have a gun she wouldn't have been shot.
You just gave one more argument for having guns.
If he didn't have a gun, maybe he would be driven over by the car. Possibly a few more people too. In Europe, where guns are less prevalent, cars are the favorite weapon used by terrorists.
Luckily, he had a gun, so he was able to save himself and who knows how many more people by shooting an attacker.
No gun control measure proposes to disarm the police.