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In reply to the discussion: Rick Santorum Suggests Unarmed 'Soft Target' Shoppers Tempted El Paso Shooter [View all]Blue_true
(31,261 posts)50. Remember what happened to the good Black guy with a gun in the Alabama
Mall shooting situation from a few months back? He got shot dead by responding police. Of course the officers lying about what happened after the fact made things worse, it is understandable that in the fog of such a situation anyone with a gun in their hands is a potential shooter.
Honestly, people should focus on pressuring their city officials to have adequate police presence at large gathering events or areas instead of strapping themselves up. If there is a shooting police will likely be trying to figure out a lot of things, someone running around with a gun in his or her hands could end up innocent and dead.
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Rick Santorum Suggests Unarmed 'Soft Target' Shoppers Tempted El Paso Shooter [View all]
marble falls
Aug 2019
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And how do the arriving police know who to shoot? They don't. Considering that so many
Nay
Aug 2019
#13
Let alone the good citizen shot to death by cops in the Baton Rouge Mall ...
marble falls
Aug 2019
#19
MAGA Cultist Answer: "... which ones skin is the darkest..." No sarc tag, they'd actually say this
uponit7771
Aug 2019
#21
Right, they were so tempting he drove 9 hours to kill those particular 'soft targets'.
tanyev
Aug 2019
#11
CNN decided they needed someone who could deliver the demented market niche.
marble falls
Aug 2019
#20
If the cops hadn't gotten that guy when they did, he was only a step or two from getting ...
marble falls
Aug 2019
#45
Seems like I recall there was a good guy with a gun (legally licensed to carry) who happened to be a
Grammy23
Aug 2019
#41
Ah Ricky - go back to ... Virginia - or Pennsylvania or wherever it is that you are from.
yellowcanine
Aug 2019
#51
Ricky Sanctorectum, the Original Frothy Mix, Thinks He's Relevant. How Cute. n/t
TygrBright
Aug 2019
#53
That is what amazed me in the Dayton videos - thoses cops were RUNNING towards full ...
marble falls
Aug 2019
#61