I saw this article drift past on some forum not long ago, and at first assumed
it was fiction. Since then I have learned that PRI.org is a non-profit news
organization, but not one known for fiction, so there is a possibility that the
2013 statistic cited in the article is true. A Wikipedia page on the subject
(which excludes stats from Northern Ireland) lists only 23 people killed by
police firearms since 1980, none in 2013.
This is how many times British cops fired guns all of last year: 3
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From: salyavin808 <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 1:18 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why European tourists you meet in America are so
polite
Is the NRA a terrorist organisation? I'm trying to imagine what would happen
if a couple of Floridians moved to my street and tried to set up a shooting
range in their front garden. I'd give it ten minutes before there were armed
police units surrounding the entire area and everyone concerned was dragged off
to jail and their kids put into foster care.
The whole thing would be filmed by helicopter by every news channel we have and
I'm sure a few American ones would turn up to laugh at the fuss we make about
nothing. We seem to take child safety a bit more seriously here for some
reason. Probably because the school shootings we've had actually motivated
people to do something rather than leading to calls for everyone of the age of
two to be armed at all times.
---In [email protected], <turquoiseb@...> wrote :
They've read articles like this, and assume that everyone they meet is both
insane and armed.
The Front Yard "Gun Range" Just Feet From My Neighbor's Kids' Bedroom Window
UPDATE
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best friend is 10 and that little boy has a 7 year old little sister. My son
loves playing at their house. These are no computer game kids. They ha... |
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