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13. I don't live in fear

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 02:54 PM

Oct 2018

I live prepared, knowing the odds say I'm fairly safe.

You're right about that not always working, though. We just lost a retired cop to a robbery attempt this morning. They shot each other, the former cop died. The robber was arrested at the hospital.

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/retired-st-louis-cop-shot-to-death-in-robbery-attempt/article_4fbbaf89-f6e0-5708-994d-1b0752ae478a.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1

Kids out early on a Monday morning committing armed robbery... wtf?

I'd be willing to bet that these aren't their first arrests, too.

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Guns aren't shields [View all] ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 OP

We didn't cure polio by spreading the disease RainCaster Oct 2018 #1

Actually, we didn't cure polio at all. We eradicated its spread. Caliman73 Oct 2018 #6

Technically, we did spread the poliovirus in vaccines. aikoaiko Oct 2018 #14

The element of surprise is more powerful than the gun hexola Oct 2018 #2

guns are inherently offensive weapons, not defensive. unblock Oct 2018 #3

K&R, GREAT RETORT !!! uponit7771 Oct 2018 #4

Sometimes they are. pintobean Oct 2018 #5

This is definitely a case of justifiable homicide meow2u3 Oct 2018 #7

wow, what an effective shield ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #8

They're alive, along with the rest of the customers and employees pintobean Oct 2018 #9

listen, of course ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #10

I live in one of the most dangerous cities in the country. pintobean Oct 2018 #11

you have my sympathies that you have to live in fear so much of the time. ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #12

I don't live in fear pintobean Oct 2018 #13