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to be utterly shocked and appalled

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assessment · 02/03/2015 08:59

at this, from the BBC...

www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31688942

Sorry I can't link properly, but an LAPD officer has shot dead a homeless man in an altercation on the street in LA.

The guy was unarmed, was tasered and shot dead as he lay on the floor.

What the actual fuck does this broken fucking country think it's doing with it's ridiculous gun laws?

If there isn't rioting on the street after this then I shall be extremely disappointed. This should be treated with the exact same seriousness as those appalling shootings last year of the unarmed black boys.

How can a country call itself a first world country when it's police go round shooting anyone they fancy dead? When was the last random middle class white guy shot dead in the street? Never? It's always the second class citizen on the sharp end of it.

How they can defend the right of ANY person to bear arms is utterly beyond me. It's sickening.

That police officer should be dismissed immediately and Obama needs a serious look at that ridiculous constitution.

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SconeRhymesWithGone · 06/03/2015 23:19

Puzzle

Right to bear arms (as in weapons) was recognized in English law long before the framing of the US Constitution.

The influence of English law is very strong in US legal history; as another example, every state, except Louisiana, is a common law jurisdiction.

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