On Nov 1, 2015, Salguod Nairb wrote:
Before I came over to play in the sand I lived in Colorado Springs.

On Nov 1, 2015, lunatik wrote:

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On Nov 1, 2015, Salguod Nairb wrote:
Before I came over to play in the sand I lived in Colorado Springs.

I didn't know that, when did you live here? This shooting happened downtown in the morning which is crazy as there are a ton of cops in that area. The guy that followed him and who called the police, maybe he should have ran the shooter over, I think I would have attempted to.

Do you think you'll come back to the Springs anytime down the road?

On Nov 3, 2015, balducci wrote:
Http://www.salon.com/2015/11/03/the_terr......s_three/

"When Naomi Bettis called 911 on Halloween morning to report a gunman going on a shooting rampage in the streets of Colorado Springs, Colorado, it was her second call for help. Bettis had earlier called 911 to report a suspicious man brandishing a rifle, only to be told by the emergency operator that no help was coming because Colorado is an open-carry state."

"President of the Colorado Association of Police Chiefs, Rick Brandt, told the Post that Colorado lacks a uniform policy on how to handle calls of residents openly brandishing guns."

On Nov 4, 2015, landmark wrote:
Why? He was only doing what every red-blooded American guy has the right to do in open-carry Colorado.

Now, if he were carrying a BB gun like Tamar Rice was doing in open-carry Ohio, it's a different story. Because 12 year olds are clearly more dangerous.

On Nov 4, 2015, RNK wrote:

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On Nov 4, 2015, landmark wrote:
Why? He was only doing what every red-blooded American guy has the right to do in open-carry Colorado.

Now, if he were carrying a BB gun like Tamar Rice was doing in open-carry Ohio, it's a different story. Because 12 year olds are clearly more dangerous.

You mean this one Landmark:

"Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehmann shot Rice twice in the abdomen after responding to a 911 call of a man brandishing a handgun outside a recreation center. The officers responding were not told by dispatchers that the caller had said it might be a child with a fake gun."

"The reports by a retired FBI agent and by an out-of-state prosecutor concluded that the shooting of Rice was reasonable under current law."

So in conclusion, if the 12 year old would have respected the law and listened to the police's demand to put the gun down, this sad tragedy could have been avoided.

On Nov 4, 2015, LobowolfXXX wrote:

If only there were some federal law that enabled BB guns to be clearly identified.

On Nov 4, 2015, landmark wrote:
The point was (deliberately?) avoided.

The open carry gun laws are enforced in a haphazard and possibly racist way. If you are a twelve year old Black boy or a Black Panther, you are much more apt to get "attended" to while exercising your open carry right than if you are a stark raving lunatic white man.

At least in this case.

On Nov 4, 2015, landmark wrote:
Why? He was only doing what every red-blooded American guy has the right to do in open-carry Colorado.

Now, if he were carrying a BB gun like Tamar Rice was doing in open-carry Ohio, it's a different story. Because 12 year olds are clearly more dangerous.

On Nov 4, 2015, LobowolfXXX wrote:
If only there were some federal law that enabled BB guns to be clearly identified.

On Nov 4, 2015, landmark wrote:
The point was (deliberately?) avoided.

The open carry gun laws are enforced in a haphazard and possibly racist way. If you are a twelve year old Black boy or a Black Panther, you are much more apt to get "attended" to while exercising your open carry right than if you are a stark raving lunatic white man.

At least in this case.