[A_perfect_lady]

But despite the idea that the boogie man is lurking around every corner, he simply isn’t.

So why do so many Freepers carry guns?

[Graybeard58]

Excellent question.

[Tammy8]

Of course there are real threats. The point is they are not so common that anyone needs to have a hair trigger mentality. If an armed non LE shoots an innocent person on the basis “they felt threatened” and it turns out there was no threat it will certainly not be dealt with the same as if an LE does the same.

That is why we rarely hear of ordinary armed people shooting people without good cause. Ordinary armed people understand they will be held to a different standard.

We need to hold LE to a higher standard, without taking away their ability to deal with actual threats. Not sure how we can do that, but we must.

[Leaning Right]

> So why do so many Freepers carry guns? <

That is actually the wrong question to ask. Because this thread is not about whether or not police should carry guns. It’s about their often unnecessary USE of those guns.

[Kickaha]

Because a cop is too heavy?