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Originally Posted by zamler
If someone waved a gun in your face would you be okay with them shooting you before law enforcement could take action?
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I'm okay with the idea that as a citizen of a free nation I can possibly have a crime committed against me, maybe even killed, for which the punishment is not death.
Fortunately no one's ever had a gun in my face as a tend to avoid that type of thing if I can, so I'm not sure how I would react. In my opinion, a police officer should have some idea of how to react when faced with a gun, or at least have a better response than an average citizen.
Either way, the drugged up guy waving a gun is an extreme example made to point out that EVEN then it's dubious to use deadly force. It's not what happened here.
I'm sure we can at least both agree that the active community suppression is what leads to the circumstance of a child carrying guns in the street in the first place, and is the real sickness that needs to be corrected. But I just think the excuses for ending a persons life should be extremely limited and avoided as best as possible, even if faced with potential harm on the part of an officer, yes. I do believe that putting themselves in harms way when trouble starts is exactly what their job is. That doesn't mean I have a callous indifference to their safety.