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In reply to the discussion: SWAT rampage destroys Iraq vet's home over guns [View all]PavePusher
(15,374 posts)6. "But this arrest didn't happen out of the blue"
Correct, because DC's gun "laws" are so repressive, arcane and frivilous that even well-intentioned people who want to be law-abiding, and are trying to help both themselves and others, are too frightened by the fucktardery to try to follow the law.
I'd have done the same thing the Sergeant did.
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I sure hope you explore the "facts" a bit closer before you make decision to shoot someone.
Hoyt
May 2012
#12
As I understand it, he was a threat -- or appeared as a threat -- to himself and others.
Hoyt
May 2012
#18
Feel free to cite where I've endorsed actions such as you've just depicted. n/t
PavePusher
May 2012
#23
I see you're still into posting photos of others' nether regions...
friendly_iconoclast
May 2012
#28
Just trying to keep the gun culture feeling all warm and fuzzy about their buddies elsewhere.
Hoyt
May 2012
#34
Have you considered not worrying about how others might or might not be carrying a gun?
friendly_iconoclast
May 2012
#39
I was just trying to help poster here who apparently couldn't even dive in a swimming pool without
Hoyt
May 2012
#41
Multi-tools are equipped with knife blades, which are most certainly lethal weapons.
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2012
#67
I'd love to se a coherent, well-informed "progressive" gun article on MSNBC, NPR, etc....
PavePusher
May 2012
#20