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Originally Posted by Russ
Yes, there was. Of all the professions you posted, how many of the deaths are attributed to murders or attempted murders on the job? Where having a firearm could have made a difference?
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Correct....."could" have a made a difference, as opposed to "would" have made a difference.
They certainly made a difference to the 8 people that have been shot since 2005 that didn't have a weapon on them.
By the way that's 40% of the peopl shot by police in the last 7 years did not have a weapon on them.
Considering that they were shot by specially trained armed response units.
It doesn't take a massive leap to extrapolate that if you give a gun to every beat cop that that percentage would increase or at the very least stay the same.
One thing for sure though is the number of people shot would go up.
40% isn't a good enough pass rate.