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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
personally i think the problem is that a majority of street thugs dont have a sense of personal responsibility and would just as soon shoot you in the head and jack $17 out of your pocket as look at you.  |
Personally, I think a large part of the problem is people actually allowing this to keep giving cops rights, without limits.
The way I see it, you can't have it both ways. Every time some cop gets shot or outgunned, the cops use it as a pretext to get more guns and more pre-emptive rights. That may be an over-reaction but at least it is somewhat justified.
But if you do that, is it not only right for them to have their rights reduced every time something like this happens? What else will stop these people from stepping further and further from the line? Their consciences? Not when they are so self-justifying and the public condones it, I think.