Just heard about a police shooting case four years ago. Only in the U.S., of course.....
A guy is peacefully listening to music in his garage. A woman walking by takes offence at the noise and calls the police. The police come, and knock, and the guy answers. He puts the garage door back down and presumably goes to turn down the music (or maybe he refuses, who knows). The police shoot four times through the garage door, with at least one shot going through his head. Their justification? That he had a gun in his back pocket. Wasn't even pointing it at them or anything.
Not only this but there was a civil suit for wrongful death, and the victim's family was awarded $4 - the poor guy's life was deemed to only be worth $4. The police appealed and it was brought down to 4c. Then later it was thrown out and the family got nothing, not even the 4c. The police got away scott free - not charged with anything.
Even if you love your guns, and think everyone should be allowed to carry them everywhere, etc etc, apparently carrying one, even if you mind your own business in your own home and threaten nobody, is enough to allow the police to shoot you dead with no consequences. So probably not so smart to carry one around. If a policeman feels like killing someone today, and they see you with a gun - they can just kill you with no repercussions. The police are scarier than criminals - at least criminals have to weigh up whether they're willing to risk jail etc so they'll be less inclined to kill. The police can just kill whomever they feel like.
Just another story to add to the makes-me-feel-sick list.
A guy is peacefully listening to music in his garage. A woman walking by takes offence at the noise and calls the police. The police come, and knock, and the guy answers. He puts the garage door back down and presumably goes to turn down the music (or maybe he refuses, who knows). The police shoot four times through the garage door, with at least one shot going through his head. Their justification? That he had a gun in his back pocket. Wasn't even pointing it at them or anything.
Not only this but there was a civil suit for wrongful death, and the victim's family was awarded $4 - the poor guy's life was deemed to only be worth $4. The police appealed and it was brought down to 4c. Then later it was thrown out and the family got nothing, not even the 4c. The police got away scott free - not charged with anything.
Even if you love your guns, and think everyone should be allowed to carry them everywhere, etc etc, apparently carrying one, even if you mind your own business in your own home and threaten nobody, is enough to allow the police to shoot you dead with no consequences. So probably not so smart to carry one around. If a policeman feels like killing someone today, and they see you with a gun - they can just kill you with no repercussions. The police are scarier than criminals - at least criminals have to weigh up whether they're willing to risk jail etc so they'll be less inclined to kill. The police can just kill whomever they feel like.
Just another story to add to the makes-me-feel-sick list.
