11-13-2013, 08:12 PM
I can't speak for all Californians, but simply seeing someone with a gun doesn't freak me out.
CN's implication that it's unsafe for anyone to leave his/her home in all of Los Angeles is funny to me.
The suggestion that police officers in California might sometimes shoot mistakenly, as occurs in all states regardless of the specific gun laws, because of bans strikes me as even funnier.
Common sense dictates that California police officers, especially in major cities, see guns all of the time. They see them in training, they see them on fellow officers, they see them at the gun range, they see them in some security positions...
And, you've made the point yourself many times in this thread, F.U., that bans don't keep guns outta the hands of criminals. If that's true, then obviously police officers in all states see guns on-the-job. Irregardless, police officers in all states are trained on how to handle situations involving perps and potential perps with guns.
A police officer who freaks out at the sight of a gun that is not threatening him/her does not belong on the job, in California or Iowa.
In the case of Lopez, the officer involved was a 24-year veteran of the police force, a military veteran, a gun trainer, a hunter... He saw guns a lot, on and off the job.
Makes as much sense to ponder whether his enthusiasm for guns and the large part they played in his life clouded his judgment and made him trigger-happy, at least as much sense as it does to ponder whether gun legislation was a major factor contributing to his fatal error. IMO.
CN's implication that it's unsafe for anyone to leave his/her home in all of Los Angeles is funny to me.
The suggestion that police officers in California might sometimes shoot mistakenly, as occurs in all states regardless of the specific gun laws, because of bans strikes me as even funnier.
Common sense dictates that California police officers, especially in major cities, see guns all of the time. They see them in training, they see them on fellow officers, they see them at the gun range, they see them in some security positions...
And, you've made the point yourself many times in this thread, F.U., that bans don't keep guns outta the hands of criminals. If that's true, then obviously police officers in all states see guns on-the-job. Irregardless, police officers in all states are trained on how to handle situations involving perps and potential perps with guns.
A police officer who freaks out at the sight of a gun that is not threatening him/her does not belong on the job, in California or Iowa.
In the case of Lopez, the officer involved was a 24-year veteran of the police force, a military veteran, a gun trainer, a hunter... He saw guns a lot, on and off the job.
Makes as much sense to ponder whether his enthusiasm for guns and the large part they played in his life clouded his judgment and made him trigger-happy, at least as much sense as it does to ponder whether gun legislation was a major factor contributing to his fatal error. IMO.