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3. It is NOT like shooting dogs in the street

Reply to FreakinDJ (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 09:15 PM

Aug 2014

People would get very upset if dogs were being shot down in the street. Our children? Not so much. When a dog gets shot, everyone wonders if there wasn't some other way. When a child gets shot, we spend all kinds of energy trying to figure out if they didn't "deserve" to be shot.

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Police need to stop shooting down our children like dogs in the street [View all] FreakinDJ Aug 2014 OP

Same here. We don't need more of these thugs. nt Live and Learn Aug 2014 #1

We don't have a police dept in my town FreakinDJ Aug 2014 #2

That there are differences between the towns? JJChambers Aug 2014 #4

Yep - No Cops in my town FreakinDJ Aug 2014 #6

Who provides law enforcement in your town? County or state? Both? JJChambers Aug 2014 #7

Sherrif - only when called - which isn't very often FreakinDJ Aug 2014 #11

Our police department closes at midnight. Travis_0004 Aug 2014 #20

It is NOT like shooting dogs in the street gratuitous Aug 2014 #3

Well said FreakinDJ Aug 2014 #5

And a dog is generally dispatched with 1 or 2 rounds, while a human has a clip emptied into them… Journeyman Aug 2014 #9

Post removed Post removed Aug 2014 #8

You couldn't be further from the truth FreakinDJ Aug 2014 #10

Did you move in the last few months? LeftyMom Aug 2014 #12

Nope - been here for years FreakinDJ Aug 2014 #13

Okay, so I'm right. Thanks for confirmation! LeftyMom Aug 2014 #14

So where do I live - or are you making it up as you go - like Ferguson PD FreakinDJ Aug 2014 #15

You live in Rocklin. You posted so in 2009, and LeftCoast2020 confirmed earlier this year LeftyMom Aug 2014 #18

Leftcoast was a little too inebreated to know the difference FreakinDJ Aug 2014 #19

Thanks for pointing that out. JJChambers Aug 2014 #16

Great - lying must be contagious FreakinDJ Aug 2014 #17