[Chancellor Palpatine]

And you're an idiot. He chose to die when he started using something like a firearm to rop people, and be not dropping it as he ran.

you'd be whining like the twit you are if your mother/daughter/wife/son/uncle/business partner got robbed or shot by someone who got away from the police because of a policy of not shooting fleeing armed felons.

I've been shot at by someone trying to rob me before, and believe me, catching them is impossible.

[teeman8r]

catching them is not impossible, if you were able to arm yourself, you could've stopped the robber dead in his tracks...

the police are not in the business of protecting the masses but enforcing the laws... the shooting is predicated on the fleeing perp being a threat to a larger contingent of civilians... that description can be applied to anyone running toward a heavily populated area... open season?
apparently so, in your book.

the police are clinging onto the fears of an unarmed society. they are increasing their powers over the very people they are supposed to be serving.

[SSN558]

Chancellor Palpatine signed up 2002-05-28.

My, my! Calling names. It seems Free Republic has aquired quite a few of these in the last six months. You must have the maturity level of a ten year old. It is reflected on the graphics of your profile page. Woopeee cowboys and indians !!! Shoot all the bad guys.