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LanternWaste

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4. They also shoot when they simply allege someone reached for a gun

Reply to EX500rider (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 04:15 PM

Jan 2018

" if the police are trying to arrest you and you reach for a gun..."

They also shoot when they simply allege someone reached for a gun, regardless of how fanciful the story may be...

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Doesn't really matter, if the police are trying to arrest you and you reach for a gun they shoot u EX500rider Jan 2018 #2

They also shoot when they simply allege someone reached for a gun LanternWaste Jan 2018 #4

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