The Rude Pundit Is Right: "The NRA has caused more cop shootings than a nonstop parade of protests"

[kpete]

What's gonna protect cops more? Locking up peaceful protesters? Or reducing the number of and access to guns?

For just one second, put yourself in an American cop's shoes. There are over 300 million firearms out there. When you see someone you want to arrest, you just assume that person has a gun. If you're an inexperience, poorly-trained, or just shitty cop, you're gonna mistake anything for a gun because you're expecting a gun. When someone reaches for a pocket, you expect a gun. Because that's America in the 21st century. This ain't to excuse cops who fuck up, but you can fuckin' well bet that cops in England don't automatically assume someone has a gun because it's England. Chances are that they don't. It's a different way of existing, being actually shocked by guns.

The NRA has caused more cop shootings than a nonstop parade of protests.

Conservatives don't actually give a fuck about cops as people, despite their moaning over the deaths of Officers Liu and Ramos. What they like is the authority and control the cops represent, the police force as a means of oppressing dissent (and, let's be honest, a lot of cops get off on the authority and control, too). If the right-wing did give a fuck, police would make a shit-ton more money, paid for by tax hikes, like Democratic Mayor Mitch Landrieu is attempting in New Orleans.

And maybe they'd not cut the pensions and benefits of retired cops like fake tough guy Chris Christie, who seeks to balance New Jersey's budget on the backs of the police and firefighters. In October, a retired police officer called into a radio show to talk to Christie. After brushing off the cop's attempt to criticize him, Christie jowled, "You're a guy that retired at 58 years old, with a full pension and free medical benefits for life, and you're coming on the air to complain...Pay your fair share." If President Obama said that, Fox "news" would cause riots.

What is hurting cops more? Mayor de Blasio saying that asshole cops should stop being assholes? Or Gov. Christie telling cops that their pensions might not be there in full when they retire?

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that and a toon:

[ileus]

1. Don't brandish your PSD.

I carry a firearm daily, encounter LEO's often. Never been shot....of course I carry legally to protect the lives of those I love and don't pull a gun when cops are near so that may make a difference.

Safety first, dying later...

[kpete]

2. feel bad that you need such protection,

peace,
kp

[safeinOhio]

3. I carried for 10 years and never needed

it in those 10 years. Came to the conclusion that I was safer without a weapon. Let my permit expire and sold most of my weapons.

[Fred Sanders]

5. Why did you carry? What was your rational before you stopped carrying a firearm?

[safeinOhio]

6. At the time I was married to a cop

She always carried and thought I needed to. Learned a lot about cops and guns. Now I don't want to be around either.

[tradewinds]

15. Good for you.

It is much more likely that your gun will harm yourself or a famly member than it is to "protect" anything.


Good luck with that.

[Fred Sanders]

4. I truly do feel bad for those folks that think they need protection of a firearm in their own home.

Or parents who purchase firearms marketed by the vile and evil NRA to children...and I blame the parents that can not separate the vicious anti-Obama rhetoric of the ?NRA but still call themselves progressives and liberals.

300 million killing machines already in America is weighing the nation down with its resultant violence.

"The NRA has caused more cop shootings than a nonstop parade of protests."

And returns to America absolutely nothing but business for funeral homes, a spin off benefit of terminal lead poisoning by bullet, there is that...along with untold human misery.

[aikoaiko]

7. Right, because the NRA makes the laws and votes in politicians,

And of course, cop killers are all NRA members. Life members I bet.

[Fred Sanders]

8. Right, because poor deflective sarcasm based on ridiculous allegories defending the NRA is what we do

at a liberal, progressive site so left leaning it is underground?

[aikoaiko]

9. And yet...Whoomp. There it is.

Sorry Fred. I'm a Democrat and I get to post in these threads, too.

I'm not so much defending the NRA as calling the rude one on his bs.

[classykaren]

10. And yes you are right most cops are NRA members.

[aikoaiko]

11. Oh. Where did you find that statistic?

[Fred Sanders]

12. Same place Fox News gets their facts, out of their own keesters.

[Fred Sanders]

13. Post all you like, not that I can do anything about it. But do not say the NRA belongs anywhere near

progressive gun issues.

Your freedom is speech is matched by my freedom to speak about the hypocrisy.

[aikoaiko]

16. Maybe they should because they defend the 2 Amendment better than the ACLU.

with exception of a few local chapters.

[tradewinds]

14. I bet this guy is.

Yup NRA all the way. But you are OK with this, right?




NOT SARCASM

[aikoaiko]

17. No, I wish a LEO was on the bridge and arrested him.

Booyah.

[tradewinds]

18. THey have not arrested him , yet.

Booyah, indeed. 50/50 he IS LEO.

[aikoaiko]

19. Now it's more difficult to arrest him.

He could just as easily say he was not aiming at people or, better defense yet, he was protecting the LEO.

[Cha]

20. K

[Cha]

21. KICK!

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22. KICK

[Nuclear Unicorn]

23. Plainly visible: an NRA death machine leads to yet another citizen being killed by the police --