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View Poll Results: Do american police generally seem too violent or oppressive to you? | |||
Yes | 60 | 65.22% | |
No | 23 | 25.00% | |
Undecided / No opinion / I'm a vegetable | 9 | 9.78% | |
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06-08-2011, 02:49 PM | #71 (permalink) | |
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Although, as Janszoon said it definitely depends on the area. But in the age of instantly accessible worldwide media, the confusion probably comes from reports coming out of high crime areas like parts of Detroit, where violence is rampant. These are but small areas of a very large country, where on average gun violence isn't as frequent as perceived. |
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06-08-2011, 03:18 PM | #72 (permalink) |
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i think the best solution for these kinds of issues is to enforce a sort of orientation or recreation training or something like that to all police officers. i mean, we know their training involves violence and all but they should have training on caring and nurturing and providing a loving atmosphere in every community.
a police serves to protect the citizens but with their mentality that everyone is an enemy, they can never protect nobody with that. everything should start in the attitude. if they have a loving and fun attitude towards other people, ain't that be nice? |
06-08-2011, 03:20 PM | #73 (permalink) | |
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http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...swYCzA&cad=rja Police have one of the hardest jobs in the world. Damned if you do damned if you do. I'm a fan of law enforcement and respect them greatly for what they do. |
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06-08-2011, 08:27 PM | #74 (permalink) | |
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Same and I usually don't have any issues especially when I tell them that I was in the military or I flash my military ID.
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06-08-2011, 11:29 PM | #75 (permalink) | |
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06-08-2011, 11:34 PM | #76 (permalink) | |
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06-08-2011, 11:52 PM | #77 (permalink) | |
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I'm not saying guns are a right. I'm saying the ability to protect yourself and your family by any means necessary, in proportion to the threat, is a right. It isn't given by a government. Nor should it be taken by one. If there were no such things as guns, and all we used were Samurai swords, then this post would be about Samurai swords. Anyway, I don't live in a crime-ridden area or anything, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be prepared. As long as I'm a responsible, trained gun owner and not a criminal or a jackass, I see absolutely no reason why I shouldn't have a gun. Even if it ends up just collecting dust in a drawer. (which mine doesn't, as I take it to the range to shoot it because it's freaking fun!) |
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06-09-2011, 12:00 AM | #78 (permalink) | |
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^ Amazing info. In my opinion it's better to make guns illegal because if you have a criminal, they might go buy a gun on the black market, but if you have a civilian and you let them have a gun, you might be creating a criminal/accident/misjudgment. And I think a lot of the issue comes from indoctrination in the first place. As a Canadian I really have no problem with the fact that I'm not allowed to have a gun. I don't feel like my rights are being violated I just feel like it's a law that makes sense (like you aren't allowed to have fireworks without a permit, you can't start a fire in your backyard when the houses are really close together, you can't cary around a machete). Best to let the stats above do the talking though. EDITED. Last edited by Mr November; 06-09-2011 at 12:07 AM. |
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06-09-2011, 12:03 AM | #79 (permalink) | |
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Go somewhere else with that shit. |
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06-09-2011, 12:05 AM | #80 (permalink) | |
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