South America?!..... There hasn't been a successful insurgency since your buddies the Sandinistas won in Nicaragua in the early 80's.
No.The cop's duty was to arrest the perp alive if possible and the cop did his duty. Gotta respect that.
If your loved one was killed, you would feel differently.
No. The cop's duty is to keep the public safe.
I wouldn't consider 132 million Americans and 4+ million Canadians a few thousand idiots. Anyone who owns a gun would be de facto resistance in any major event requiring self-preservation.
You know that how? and yes likely he’d have justified it, I said as much. Doesn’t change the fact he was unarmed, and thus Lam made the right decision. The part you’re missing was “kill me”. All cops are also aware of suicide by cop…And as much as Poorboy doesn’t like it, it also made news in the States ( see link above and expert opinion there ) and the UK. So unless you think the TPS has control over foreign media……..
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Have you read Maines firearms laws? There is a provision for those that are committed…As well as for those that might be a threat to conjugal partners. in fact many states now have some. You can make the argument they aren’t strong enough, but you can’t make the argument that the gun lobby in this case/topic are against back ground checks for mental health.
You mean like Nova Scotia? When the left lost its shit as they always do. Howled for knee jerk reactions as they always do, only to find out in days to come. There were multiple warnings, the guns had been smuggled from the US, and that the RCMP screwed up huge?
C'mon. We both know the "resistance" would look at lot like January 6 or the KKKonvoy. A few thousand dumb, blue collar guys and some even dumber neo nazis. Most of the "freedom fighters" would be so fat that they couldn't couch their AK and AR knock offs properly.
Your racist stereotypes are archaic.
That's not "racist".
This person should never have been allowed to purchase a weapon, even his former employers in the military recommended that this man should never own a weapon.
Have you asked an operational Toronto Police officer about Lam yet? Didn't think so. Lam can spot whether or not someone has a pistol pointed at him from 30 ft away under extreme stress, yet you accuse me of thinking I'm superhuman? You just can't bear to find out the truth, can you? It's as if you haven't even seen the video. Minassian draws out towards Lam several times. You're telling me that Lam could spot that the item wasn't a pistol with all that movement at that distance? Now that is what I would call superhuman. Lam should have shot as soon as Minassian was drawing on him as if he was going to shoot Lam as he had already proven he was willing to kill. Too bad Lam couldn't even if he wanted to because he didn't have a bullet in the chamber according to the rank and file. If you were actually a member of a range somewhere and showed up to shoot once and a while, where police rent for training and were to ask someone about Lam, maybe you would would find out the truth.You know that how? and yes likely he’d have justified it, I said as much. Doesn’t change the fact he was unarmed, and thus Lam made the right decision. The part you’re missing was “kill me”. All cops are also aware of suicide by cop…And as much as Poorboy doesn’t like it, it also made news in the States ( see link above and expert opinion there ) and the UK. So unless you think the TPS has control over foreign media……..
Toronto police officer hailed as hero for arresting suspect without firing shot | Toronto van murders | The Guardian
The officer, identified as Ken Lam, arrested Alek Minassian, who allegedly drove a van into pedestrians, killing 10 and injuring dozens
All you are doing is proving that having more armed civilians wouldn't have helped in this case.
Hopefully no one, but by the time you start preparing, it is too late. As well, as Canada is a member of NATO, they are obligated to go to war if one of the partner nations is attacked. Canada does not have enough equipment to properly equip their soldiers. That is a documented fact.
