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    9 months ago

    If you’re a cop in these situations, damned if you do, damned if you don’t

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      9 months ago

      Probably need to bring back insane asylums, protect whackaloons from themselves and protect society from them.

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        9 months ago

        I think there are many practical solutions to this kind of issue, but there is no political will for it. Maybe it’s a cynical view, but I always feel like someone benefits whenever something like this happens.

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          9 months ago

          I think you’re right. Something like that might come from the left, but the left really likes the fact that they can use the wackaloons to promote gun control. Why do anything practical about their wonderful little pawn?

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            9 months ago

            Yes, it’s an indictment of guns and America, and by extension the West and Capitalism in general. “Here’s an example of how we’re right”