An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17056255

An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday.

  • maryjayjay@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    5 months ago

    Strange. Doesn’t the second amendment guarantee our right to keep and bear arms? But apparently the cops are allowed to murder us for it.

    I wonder when it will be okay for them to kill us for exercising free speech.

    🤔🤔

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      You can keep and bare arms…but you can’t point them at people. Cops or otherwise. First rule of owning a gun is you do not point the gun at anything unless you intend for it to die.

      And also, with how many nut jobs are in this country, I’m thinking maybe we should revise the second amendment, or remove it completely.

      You know how many public shootings Ireland had last time I looked? 13. In a year. And that included cops using their weapons. 13 total. Drunkest country on earth, but they got their shit together on guns.