Police officer shot

[Stubby]

7 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

He got pulled and found in possession of ammunition, surely that is enough for any officer to do a thorough search?

One would have thought so matey .... Ammunition , mmm I wonder were that goes ? 

[nepia]

No argument on that one eggs and even if not experience would cause the '**** it, I'm doing it anyway' attitude to kick in and worry about the niceties later.

 

 

Edited September 26, 2020 by nepia

[Mike Hill]

Terrible tradgey

 

Quite how this happened considering all handguns were banned in 1997 is quite beyond me?

 

Could it  be that criminals don't follow laws and banning things are ineffective?

 

Surely not.

[Mick Dempsey]

As terrible as this is, for perspective, it’s worth remembering that 31000 people have been killed by guns in the US so far this year.

 

 

Edited September 26, 2020 by Mick Dempsey

[Mike Hill]

41 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

As terrible as this is, for perspective, it’s worth remembering that 31000 people have been killed by guns in the US so far this year.

 

 

How many of those people had free access to medical and mental healthcare ?

 

40,000 people died on the roads in America last year Mick

 

480,000 from tobacco related illness 

 

300,000 estimated from obesity 

 

Gun related outrage only triggers the "simples".

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Ahhh whataboutery, the preferred tactic of the gun lobby.

 

No outrage here, just stating facts.

[Mike Hill]

 

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[Khriss]

Its very sad ( everyone of those mentioned statistics is a person) Croydon is horrific, did a bat survey down there a month ago an carried a length of scaffold pipe in rucksack, just in case  ?  lots of stabbings, assaults, tram stinks of weed all the time. K

[eggsarascal]

5 hours ago, nepia said:

No argument on that one eggs and even if not experience would cause the '**** it, I'm doing it anyway' attitude to kick in and worry about the niceties later.

 

 

Old fashioned copper, doing it how it should be done. 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

9 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Ahhh whataboutery, the preferred tactic of the gun lobby.

 

No outrage here, just stating facts.

That’s another little chip gone from the bastion of straight talkers.....

 

The legendary Mountain Man using the term ‘whataboutery’ rather than embracing the dynamic cut & thrust of argument, counter argument. 
 

It’s a dark day for AT. 
 

I’m going to push my red wine consumption into overdrive so as to cast a veil over the realisation that the world is changing in ways I’m increasingly uncomfortable with on an, apparently, daily basis. 
 

?

 

 

 

 

Edited September 26, 2020 by kevinjohnsonmbe