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Originally Posted by Tinordi
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Because your columnist is nitpicking numbers? Here's looking at a few others.
The US population in 2013? 317 million
Total number of homicides in 2013? 12742
Officers killed in the line of duty (non accidental)? 105
Americans love their guns. And they love to shoot them. With the sheer amount of guns in the States (I think I recall reading somewhere that there are enough guns in the States for everyone to have 3...) they are going to be used irresponsibly by poorly trained people who have no interest in authority or the greater good of the community. The saying "live by the sword, die by the sword" could apply here, with guns for them. It's an arms race basically, and if the officers can't or won't shoot back...more of them will end up dead.