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How many of these were due to officer involved shootings? How about how many were shot by officer's weapons? Further, how many of these were drug related? Sin
by mr_spothawk 13y ago
How many of these were due to officer involved shootings? How about how many were shot by officer's weapons?
Further, how many of these were drug related?
Since Newtown, we've all seen increased discussion about the 'need' for more restrictive gun laws.
However, we're still not seeing any honest controls (at least in this unscientific slate article) for how overly restrictive drug laws create opportunities for violent individuals to monetize their willingness to commit violence.
We also don't see any consideration of how many of these people in the Slate article are shot by cops.
Finally, if you consider 43k people die a year from traffic accidents... then you get an understanding of what we're dealing with. Nobody is trying to outlaw cars, which kill just as many people.