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In reply to the discussion: Ohio boy, 13, shot and killed by police after pulling out BB gun [View all]philosslayer
(3,076 posts)41. Absolutely
This has "summary execution by police" written all over it
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"Shot multiple times." Can we ban BB guns, or does the NRA stand in the way of that, too?
lostnfound
Sep 2016
#1
I'm seriously asking how can we stop kids from getting executed for a legal object on their person
lostnfound
Sep 2016
#33
Exactly. Who knows whether to believe them, if they routinely allow cover ups by their peers?
lostnfound
Sep 2016
#10
You claim to reflexively not believe the cops -- unless it's about guns.
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2016
#14
Chicago has long had one of the lowest rates of legal gun ownership in the United States.
benEzra
Sep 2016
#40
I don't understand why a BB gun is considered a toy. I wouldn't want to stand in front of that toy
Sunlei
Sep 2016
#8
Actual BB guns aren't toys. Airsoft plastic-pellet guns *can* be toys, but aren't always.
benEzra
Sep 2016
#31
Interesting Opinion:"why I don't believe a word police say immediately after they kill someone"
mackdaddy
Sep 2016
#17
+1, we've now been conditioned not to believe them seeing some cities don't have good leadership
uponit7771
Sep 2016
#35
Unbelievable. It's got a lot of replica features of a real pistol that a B.B. gun doesn't need.
Calista241
Sep 2016
#27
Thanks, BenEzra, for that instructive short discussion of types of BB guns etc.
ColemanMaskell
Sep 2016
#36
Would it have been "okay" if the kid had a real gun? Or if the kid was 6 years old?
ColemanMaskell
Sep 2016
#38
Fair enough if the kid had been brought to trial instead of executed extrajudicially
ColemanMaskell
Sep 2016
#51