Getting Ugly In Dallas

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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Bentleyspop said:

    Texas has open carry laws.
    So seeing people in a situation like this or just out and about carrying a rifle over their shoulder is very normal. For Texas.

    Not yet. Even in Texas, I have yet to see anyone carrying openly. People with permits tend to prefer to keep their guns concealed. The assholes who have to show off their rifles are still rare and mostly show up at, you guessed it, protests so that they can be seen "exercising their second amendment rights."

    And not every Texan is happy with open carry, believe me. Our wacko legislature and governor seem to inhabit a different universe, passing laws that have little to do with the average person's life and well-being.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Good to know (been avoiding for the past hour or so).

    I don't deny the gun issue - and yes, I'm leaving it generic, so there - but also wonder about the mindset to seemingly coordinate this shit? Both are pretty fucked up.
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    Warning, video shows an officer being murdered.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUQ25Hj0hdc
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,681
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    Snipers??wtf...
    4 officers dead
    And the video above.of the murder..is fuckin nuts
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,681
    Then there's this guy
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,681
    protesters were shot at too
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  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    Jesus christ. What a crazy thing to wake up to. 4 cops dead, 11 wounded. And one wonders why cops have itchy trigger fingers.
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  • EM194007
    EM194007 Posts: 2,827
    igotid88 said:

    protesters were shot at too

    Yes, and one was shot. Who ever did this could care less if any protesters were shot or not. Seems like they had an agenda and nothing was getting in their way. But, the principle targets were the cops.
  • EM194007
    EM194007 Posts: 2,827

    5 Officers have passed away now. :(
  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    All these idiots did tonight is ensure that nothing is going to get done in the way of police reform.
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  • EM194007
    EM194007 Posts: 2,827
    At least the last one that was hold up had the balls to eat his own bullet.
  • nobtran
    nobtran Posts: 15
    Horrible situation but this perfectly illustrates the problem with our gun culture.

    The killers can blend in and be within striking distance of their victims and be heavily armed legally due to the open carry laws. Cops were outgunned due to lax ownership rules.

  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,237
    This whole story is just coming to me now and I still haven't heard or seen it all. This is absolutely the very worst scenario that could have happened between police and citizens they protect. Only in America nothing will change between the two.....I feel sadness for the police and their families.

    Now I don't want to see or read anymore on this tragedy, America has taken a HUGE step backwards.

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  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
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  • blueandwhite
    blueandwhite Posts: 662
    brianlux said:

    How absolutely fucked up terrible it is that these officers had to get killed before (or maybe even...) some laws about what types of guns are legal and where and when a person can carry certain weapons. We're not even talking all out gun ban here. We haven't even reached the first stage of common sense in some parts. Ridiculously bad shit.

    Surely you jest. Any outcry for gun reform will be quickly swept under the rug as it always is and there will probably be a surge in gun sales in Texas today. Get 'em while you can. Tens of thousands of Americans die due to gun violence every year yet your government stays silent. Why would anything change today?

  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,792
    They just showed a Champlain & his son who were at protest , he said he felt compelled to be there but but he was carrying a baseball bat ..
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  • Free
    Free Posts: 3,562
    g under p said:

    This whole story is just coming to me now and I still haven't heard or seen it all. This is absolutely the very worst scenario that could have happened between police and citizens they protect. Only in America nothing will change between the two.....I feel sadness for the police and their families.

    Now I don't want to see or read anymore on this tragedy, America has taken a HUGE step backwards.

    Peace

  • blueandwhite
    blueandwhite Posts: 662
    The thing I find strange is that nobody seems to want to call this a terrorist act yet you know if the suspects were of Middle Eastern descent every newspaper and online publication would be proclaiming another vicious terrorist attack has occurred on American soil. What's the deal?
  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    It obviously seems like this was an incident where a group of fucking whack jobs took advantage of a planned event to lay out a plan of attack.
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