Oh shit, I saw Cumberland and Virginia and my heart fucking stopped. Turns out it's West VA instead.
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At Least 3 Philly Officers Shot, Massive Police Presence in Nicetown [UPDATE: six shot, shooter in custody]
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Oh shit, I saw Cumberland and Virginia and my heart fucking stopped. Turns out it's West VA instead.
New press conference: Correction to what I said earlier, the narcotics team was only in one house and they split up to search the house. Two of them got trapped upstairs and were taking fire. All hostages released at this point. Guman was/is a criminal and has multiple weapons and magazines of ammo. Mayor and police chief now asking for gun control.
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Doesnt matter. The bottom line is gun control can decrease both kinds of incidents. Are they going to argue they're ok with criminals continuing to have weapons and shooting at cops?
My guess is they probably don't want to give to much away in case he's listening in.
Police know that people listen in on scanner chatter and frequently change signals during active situations.
Dudes with Blue Lives Matter and Molon Labe stickers on their trucks going through some tough mental hoops right now.
Nah to them guns are only meant for good law-abiding whites who shoot up schools.
People likely can't get to their homes due to the police presence. There's also not a love of love for the cops in that area.
What a mess. So many parts of Philadelphia are just awful.
I think they were trying to say "the criminals will still get guns " but in an even dumber way.
This thread not sure, but I've seen it way more then I should see it in general on here. Senseless violence is not needed against anyone
the best counter argument is "well, stop manufacturing guns"
You really shouldn't be telling mods what to do, especially saying something like that with no evidence it's just going to derail the thread. Pm a mod if you see someone breaking the tos and let them handle it.
It just took an entire city's police dept 6 hours to stop one guy with a gun. So much for the NRA's "good guy with a gun" narrative
When it comes to drug dealers its a bit more iffy. They tend to have the connections and money to get what they want. Even in extremely heavy gun control countries (outside of maybe japan) you still see plenty of drug dealers get arrested with firearms in their possession.
I get what you mean and fuck the NRA but you do realize there is a difference in what they mean and this situation.
Has it ended yet?
Far as I read, he still hasn't been apprehended yet and it's still an active scene.
I can guarantee you almost 98% of us didn't deal with something like this today, this week, this month, or even this year.
that would help in the long term((many years from now) but America already has a ton of guns and ammunition. If a criminal wanted one, they would easily have access if they have the cash. even if guns manufacturing completely stopped today.
He is 100% going to dissappear in the next 6 months. The police are extremely corrupt
99.9999991 percent of us don't experience this.
I was just in Paris for vacation and according to YouTube and online posts i would be pick-pocketed and harassed non stop. I never experienced it. People were friendly and kind, just like in the US. I understand the bad people exist but it is exaggerated by the media and online.
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It's different when these events are that common. I can't imagine living in a country where every week there's a newsflash about someone shooting people in a school, a mall, a church, etc. That's not normal.
People here acting like "if you're not living the event, then you're not experiencing it"... at this point this stuff is like part of US culture, and people are starting to normalize it.
The first guy's estimate may have been too high, but this one is muuuuuuch too low.
Details are coming out about the shooter, and it would appear he's been a lifelonger in the system.
As an insider from America, I couldn't imagine living anywhere else. It isn't all roses, but It's easy to ignore the major news networks and see all the awesome things about this country that make it worthwhile.
This is just about the stupidest post I've seen on this site. Taking pride in ignoring the issues in America that hurt people.
This country is really, really big. It's so spread out that very, very few Americans will have first-hand experiences with shootings.
I don't think I have ever once seen anyone say all cops deserve to die on this forum.
How the fuck does he beat half those charges and still on the streets?!?!
People have but they get instaneously banned so I don't get why people even bring up that argument. It's not like mods let it slide.
Feels like they're trying to equivocate the ACAB perspective with "surely people in this thread must be cheering that cops are being shot."
Which, whether done intentionally or not, is beyond disingenuous.
Fucker's trying to muddy up the discussions just so they could look better.
It's so transparent.
Never argued they would be stopped across the board. I'm arguing there would be a reduction, especially considering the proliferation of guns in the US as opposed to other countries. Police have to deal with situations where they're responding to a call about one thing that then evolves into a shooting conflict with an armed individual (more than just drug dealers), reducing the number of guns has shown a decrease in those incidents.
Let's not exaggerate too much.
Your number seems impossible, seeing how 0,004% of Americans get killed with guns. Even if the rest experience nothing, the lowest percentage would be 99.996%. But that's clearly not the case.