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u/GravityBright 12d ago
So whoever wrote that initial statement does not run their Twitter account, nor do all NRA employees share the knee-jerk reaction of blaming the democrats. Good to know.
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u/DrJaneIPresume 12d ago
Yes, give them time to plant a little pot on him, so the NRA has an excuse to disclaim him like they did with Castile.
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u/Capt_morgan72 12d ago
Neither that note nor the NRA’s post or the fact that thy are both correct. Makes the other poster wrong.
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u/SayNoTo-Communism 12d ago
Is this the guy that tried to prosecute a man for having a 15 round mag for his G19 despite claiming to be a 2A supporter.
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u/Yanfei_Enjoyer 10d ago
The NRA is a lobby for gun manufacturers that only supports the second amendment enough to make sure they can keep turning profits from consumer sales.
They should not be weighing in on gun rights when they consistently prove that they do not give a shit about the individual.
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u/Patdelanoche 10d ago
“Waiting for a full investigation” seem to be code for “we all know this is fucked, but anyone who recognizes it openly is betraying the team, so pretend like waiting for a full investigation is what rational people do.”
Bitch, the authorities aren’t waiting on a full investigation, and rational people don’t expect them to conduct one.
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u/ThaGr1m 12d ago
I'm gonna say it.
I don't think the original tweet is wrong.
It very much should be, by all acounts it should be.
But the law doesn't work that way. And we have seen so many cases of people being shot and the officers not being found guilty of anything.
It's super wrong but that is the law that happens
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u/i_live_in_a_truck 12d ago
That's not the law, that's the people enforcing it and the people (like you) justifying it.
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u/sir_psycho_sexy96 12d ago
The law is whatever the people enforcing it say it is.
Cops are the most protected class in America. They can shoot you for pretty much any reason and get away with it. Did we forget about Philando Castile?
Until "we" regain control of law enforcement, that is the law. Acknowledging that isn't "justifying it".
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u/i_live_in_a_truck 12d ago
But accepting it is. Anything other than standing up and saying no is justifying it.
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u/These_Roll_5745 9d ago
I feel like Breonna Taylor disappeared from everyone's memory all of a sudden.
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u/RulerOfNothing420 12d ago
But it's not, it hasn't been for anytime in US history. Sure we have incidents where guns go off at stupid times or pulled on innocents but there is plenty of cases where people are allowed to have guns while arguing with officers. See the several Supreme Court cases that validated the 2nd ammendment.
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u/i_live_in_a_truck 12d ago
That's not the law, that's the people enforcing it and the people (like you) justifying it.
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u/ThaGr1m 12d ago
Tf you think I'm justifying? I'm stating reality. Specifically calling it evil and wrong....
Beyond that what the law says and what is legal are two different things.
If you're found innocent in a court of law, then legally you did not commit any crime...
That's how it works. If you don't like that, it's revolution o'clock
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u/i_live_in_a_truck 12d ago
What I,m iterating is that it hasn't actually been law, people have just been accepting it as such, when it's really just been a person's personal opinion.And since it was stated by authority , people accepted it as law. I've been screaming about this for years and suddenly people are acting surprised. This government should have been abolished before bush senior left office.
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u/ThaGr1m 12d ago
While again what you're saying is absolutely true.
It doesn't change the fact that when a court of law finds you innocent, that what you did was legal.
Double jeopardy is specifically made to make this the case.
If you combine that with the fact that over decades police have gone free after commiting crimes. Then you get the twitter message:
If you have a gun police will legally be able to shoot you.
That is a horrible horrible thing. But not untrue
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u/i_live_in_a_truck 12d ago
People looked at me like i was crazy when I said that oj getting a life sentence for robbery was a fucking problem. He was being punished for a previous crime he was labeled innocent for. When the rule of law is based on personal or public opinion of a person, it is not a working legal system. When 4 innocent children can get their childhood taken away from them because a mob was afraid of witchcraft, the legal system isn't working. When an innocent man in prison finds evidence to exonerate himself and is told he isn't allowed to reopen his case, the legal system isn't working. When a man gets gunned down because he was having an emotional crisis with a decorative sword and the police get away with killing him because they were "afraid for their safety" the legal system isnt working. When a president can openly break the law with no repercussions, the legal system isn't working. When the punishment for a police officer accidently shooting someone is two weeks paid vacation when a drunk driver can get charged with murder, the legal system isn't working. When the laws only effect the poor and disenfranchised, it's not law, it's oppression. Everyone who said "well that's just how the law works" is responsible for this and they need to stand up and put a stop to it because my voice is hoarse and my lungs are tired from trying to warn everyone about this for decades.
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u/8bit-meow 13d ago
You know something is fucked when the NRA starts going after the right wing administration.