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In reply to the discussion: 8Th-Grader Killed By Texas Police Had Pellet Gun [View all]Xipe Totec
(43,888 posts)21. You're right.
It's sad that a 15 year old boy died.
And cops all over the US (or the world, for that matter) would probably act the same, given the same circumstances.
I just feel, given the situation close to the border, and sometimes spilling across the border, that the reaction time from law enforcement down there is just that much shorter.
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With machine guns, grenades, and bazookas going off right across the border, I'm not surprised
Xipe Totec
Jan 2012
#2
This was a freak'n kid for shit sakes, don't they cops do target practice any more? Why not shoot
lonestarnot
Jan 2012
#24
It was self defense----they only have milliseconds to decide whether the gun was real or not.
virgogal
Jan 2012
#11
Nope,no link to a video. I just read the article which is the way I got my news
virgogal
Jan 2012
#28
Just curious. No orange tip? Not saying that would have helped but I thought they were required.
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2012
#34
While orange tips are required on toy guns, pellet guns are not toys, therefore no orange tip.
Jean V. Dubois
Jan 2012
#35
Sad as it may be, if I were a law officer I would not be waiting around to see if
teddy51
Jan 2012
#7
Not sure police had much choice, but this is indirect effect of our idiotic love affair with guns.
Hoyt
Jan 2012
#8
2nd amendment protects us so we can buy realistic pellet guns to give our kids for christmas....nt
Evasporque
Jan 2012
#27
There are high powered air guns that can be used on big game, up to .50 calibre.
Jean V. Dubois
Jan 2012
#48