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Police: Officer in Missouri shot, Killed man who Pulled Gun..... [W:22]

I do believe you get in trouble if you call 911 for a non-emergency. You should also get in trouble if you call 911 with deliberately false information.

It may be hard to prove, of course, but in this case sounds like it would be easy to prove.

Not here. I called 911 one night about a really loud party with underage drinkers. I looked ALL OVER for the non-emergency number and couldnt find it.

I told that to the 911 dispatcher and she said it was fine and if not an emergency I would be redirected. I've noticed the last few yrs tho that the non-emergency numbers are more available.
 
My local 911 bitched me out hard when I called because I didn't know the local number and the 911 person felt it wasn't an emergency. I need your 911 service!
 
Re: Police: Officer in Missouri shot, Killed man who Pulled Gun.....

When do we start controlling guns like we do cars?

Cars main purpose is NOT to kill people. In spite of that, we require drivers licenses, insurance, vision tests. Cars have safety features like safety belts and air bags. Cars are continually tested for safety in crashes; they are rated so everyone knows. When a car has a defect, there is a major recall launched. If cars are involved in crashes due to something about the car, the manufacturer can be sued. We have anti-DUI laws and roadblocks to check that.

Doesnt matter...the people are still dead and injured. Same result. All those regulations and still all the dead people...with something designed NOT to be lethal. (Alth it is very much so, completely inherent in its size, speed, etc).
 
My local 911 bitched me out hard when I called because I didn't know the local number and the 911 person felt it wasn't an emergency. I need your 911 service!

It might be a state thing or they may have been busy. And that might be why the non-emergency numbers are more available now.
 
what...you think they hung back until he got up?

then they zoomed in, opened the door, and just murdered another black boy

not biased or anything are you?

why do you detest cops so much? gotta be a story there somewhere

Tell you what tho...with people now targeting cops, that will only make incidents like this more likely. The cops will be more on edge, more suspicious, more defensive.

Scares me too. IMO people are creating what they feared...MORE trigger-happy cops.
 
Re: Police: Officer in Missouri shot, Killed man who Pulled Gun.....

When do we start controlling guns like we do cars?

Cars main purpose is NOT to kill people. In spite of that, we require drivers licenses, insurance, vision tests. Cars have safety features like safety belts and air bags. Cars are continually tested for safety in crashes; they are rated so everyone knows. When a car has a defect, there is a major recall launched. If cars are involved in crashes due to something about the car, the manufacturer can be sued. We have anti-DUI laws and roadblocks to check that.

When we allow the government to treat all individual rights as mere, state issued, privileges which must be earned and licensed by that all knowing (tyrannical?) government - which is, hopefully, never.
 
Re: Police: Officer in Missouri shot, Killed man who Pulled Gun.....

When do we start controlling guns like we do cars?
Please dear God let's treat firearms like we treat cars:

  • You can sell any gun you own to literally anyone you want without having to go through a licensed dealer, just like a car.

  • No background checks to buy, sell, own or possess any firearm, just like a car.

  • License is "shall Issue", does not require a background check, but does require 16hr class, knowledge and practical handling/qualification, and has passport quality photo, bio-metric data, description of holder and address, just like a drivers license.

  • Carry License is good in all 50 states and Canada; no state my refuse to honor a lawfully acquired license or otherwise restrict the operation of a lawfully possessed firearm. If someone in farm country wants to bring his legally owned machine gun to downtown Chicago, this has to be allowed, just like a car.

  • All firearms are titled and registered with the local Clerk of Courts only if they're going to be operated on public property, just like cars.

  • A firearm must have at least basic liability insurance in order to be operated on public property, but no insurance if only operated on private property. Different classes of firearm may require different levels of insurance. A gun license for artillery will also require an annual physical, which is the equivalent of a DoT Medical Card for a Class-A CDL.

  • Criminal conviction, even murder, does not stop you from continuing to legaly buy, own or possess any firearm, just like owning a car.
 
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