12-30-2017, 08:10 PM
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#3661
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A Fiddler Crab
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Cops in the US are extremely trigger happy due to the shear amount of guns, just about everyday a cop is shot at and I think 70+ are shot to death every year.
In Canada it's very rare for a cop to be shot and killed
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2017 saw the 2nd lowest number of officer fatalities in 58 years. Leading cause of death was traffic: 47 deaths. 44 officers died from gunshots.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...st-in-58-years
Conversely police shot and killed 976 Americans in 2017 (so far, by Monday it should be 979).
In Canada, as far as I can tell only one police officer was shot and killed in the line of duty in 2017. Likewise, the best source for shooting deaths by police in Canada is suspect (Wikipedia) but it seems 4 Canadians were shot and killed by police officers in 2017.
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12-31-2017, 01:35 AM
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#3662
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by driveway
Conversely police shot and killed 976 Americans in 2017 (so far, by Monday it should be 979).
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Jesus, the USA has brutal population control 
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12-31-2017, 08:49 AM
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#3663
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/multipl...says-1.4468799
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"Multiple deputies" were down on Sunday after police responded to a call of an active shooter situation
in Littleton, Colo., a residential area south of Denver, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
"Update, we have multiple deputies down, no update on their status. The scene remains active and please avoid the area," the sheriff's office said on Twitter.
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Time for one more before the new year...
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12-31-2017, 09:35 AM
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#3664
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Lifetime In Suspension
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That’s about two miles from where I live. Super.
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12-31-2017, 09:43 AM
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#3665
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Nothing changes on New Year's day.
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12-31-2017, 09:52 AM
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#3666
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: DeWinton
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Every time I see this thread at the top of the page my heart stops a bit. Terrible.
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12-31-2017, 11:22 AM
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#3667
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First Line Centre
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Maybe they can reach 1000. Quotas!
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12-31-2017, 11:39 AM
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#3668
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evil of fart
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CedarMeter
Every time I see this thread at the top of the page my heart stops a bit. Terrible.
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I'm totally numb to it at this point.
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12-31-2017, 12:09 PM
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#3669
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CedarMeter
Every time I see this thread at the top of the page my heart stops a bit. Terrible.
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If your heart stops at the rate that this thread is bumped, maybe you should see a doctor
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12-31-2017, 01:54 PM
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#3670
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: east van
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzz
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Strangely every one of those cops had guns and yet they all still got shot and one of them has died, its almost as if having a gun doesn't keep you safe at all.
slight kidding aside terrible day for the deputies concerned though.
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12-31-2017, 02:21 PM
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#3671
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Kelowna
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Quote:
Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Strangely every one of those cops had guns and yet they all still got shot and one of them has died, its almost as if having a gun doesn't keep you safe at all.
slight kidding aside terrible day for the deputies concerned though.
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What a stupid comment.
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12-31-2017, 02:53 PM
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#3672
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: east van
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zulu29
What a stupid comment.
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Why? the standard NRA argument for owning a gun is self protection, clearly guns don't protect anyone from a damn thing
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12-31-2017, 03:53 PM
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#3673
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Kelowna
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Quote:
Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Why? the standard NRA argument for owning a gun is self protection, clearly guns don't protect anyone from a damn thing
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Your lame attempt at humour was the stupid part.
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12-31-2017, 05:43 PM
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#3674
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ResAlien
That’s about two miles from where I live. Super.
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Hope you and people you know stay safe.
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12-31-2017, 06:08 PM
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#3675
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Franchise Player
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yeah ResAlien. Stay safe.
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01-01-2018, 12:27 PM
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#3677
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Franchise Player
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Great start to the new year.
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01-02-2018, 12:12 AM
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#3678
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DownInFlames
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Apparently the young man had some sort of mental disorder and required special care, this leads to the question why in hell was there an apparent unlocked assault style weapon in the house or a weapon period 
Yes NRA, guns do kill people as I would bet my house if there was no gun in that house that family would be alive today. Just another senseless loss of life because of America's love of violence and guns
Family pic, Scott is in the middle (blue shirt) and the Century Arms semi-automatic assault rifle used.
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01-02-2018, 05:31 AM
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#3679
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Franchise Player
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New Jersey has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, only behind California. Regulation can’t prevent everything from happening. Not in a nation where there are more guns than people.
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01-02-2018, 08:17 AM
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#3680
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 127.0.0.1
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Amethyst
A lot of police officers A lot of people, in the US, especially in smaller cities and rural areas, do not have a lot of training but are heavily armed.
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here you go.
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