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Hoyt

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3. I agree. If we had started decent gun restrictions a couple of decades ago,
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 08:39 PM
Apr 2021

there would be a lot less chance a traffic stop, or whatever, would end in a shootout.

I’m sure some police are just looking for an excuse to shoot, but I suspect most would rather not approach every encounter as possibly hostile. Personally, any policeperson who doesn’t support strong gun laws ought not to be carrying one.

Every year we do nothing, put at least 10 million more weapons on the streets that we will have to deal with sooner or later.

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