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Fourth of July overshadowed by 16 mass shootings across US
(www.theguardian.com)
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What an insane take. Plenty of police shootings are on unarmed individuals. Moreover, having an unarmed populace wouldn't prevent police shootings when the core cause of police brutality isn't addressed. They demand control and obedience; you being unarmed doesn't make them any less likely to shoot you if you're not being obedient.
It's used as an excuse. If people weren't armed, they'd find another excuse. That's what I mean by not addressing the underlying problem of police brutality and abuse of power. Also, they'll always say they thought someone had a gun even when they know almost for certain the person didn't, because they know you'll buy it.
Maybe the police shouldn't use the presence of gun as an excuse to start shooting people? Especially in a country with more guns then people?
I thought the excuse to use guns is the presence of black color and all the other cops got shot by present guns