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Gun Control & RKBA

deist99

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Reply to MarvinGardens (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2019, 02:11 PM

Jun 2019

The number of people killed each year by police officer shootings are very small. Less than 2% of all gun related deaths are by law enforcement if my memory is correct. The largest percentage of gun deaths are suicides. I think the last time I checked it was 60%?

The media just makes it appear that police officer’s are killing a bunch of people.

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For those who want to disarm civilians, can we disarm the police too? [View all] MarvinGardens Jun 2019 OP

Who wants to disarm civilians? Gun regulation and control is not banning guns. nt emmaverybo Jun 2019 #1

I see it posted on DU all the time, MarvinGardens Jun 2019 #4

Australians after the massacre at Port Arthur were not disarmed. Military-style weapons emmaverybo Jun 2019 #6

Those are what the police carry, right? MarvinGardens Jun 2019 #9

I see the ban really helped discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2019 #13

Who wants to disarm civilians? sarisataka Jun 2019 #8

That did not happen in Australia, banning all guns, or in California during the time there was emmaverybo Jun 2019 #10

I am aware, and did not claim sarisataka Jun 2019 #11

Well, that's news to me, that gun control groups do not affirm the right to own guns. So I am emmaverybo Jun 2019 #12

I watched... Snackshack Jun 2019 #2

Small deist99 Jun 2019 #3

how many are they menacing, threatening, shanny Jun 2019 #5

It is important to point this out. The majority of police officers do not want to have to draw their emmaverybo Jun 2019 #7

I think the majority of the LEOs' DashOneBravo Jun 2019 #14