jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 8 months agoLewiston shooting suspect found dead, law enforcement officials saywww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square193fedilinkarrow-up1403arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1400arrow-down1external-linkLewiston shooting suspect found dead, law enforcement officials saywww.nbcnews.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square193fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareLev_Astov@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·8 months agoIt’s not like we’ve tried nothing; he should have been dealt with when he made threats, but the police don’t want to act on the laws we have in place. They want to wait until a tragedy happens so they can feel like they’re being heroes, apparently.
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·8 months agopolice don’t want more stringent gun laws because tons of them beat their wives and they’d be disqualified from carrying guns
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-28 months agoI suspect they’re also worried we’d take away all their fun toys if the threat of constant gun violence wasn’t there.
It’s not like we’ve tried nothing; he should have been dealt with when he made threats, but the police don’t want to act on the laws we have in place. They want to wait until a tragedy happens so they can feel like they’re being heroes, apparently.
police don’t want more stringent gun laws because tons of them beat their wives and they’d be disqualified from carrying guns
I suspect they’re also worried we’d take away all their fun toys if the threat of constant gun violence wasn’t there.