[ExI] pistols

[John Grigg]

Spike wrote:

"Regarding statistics: things change.  Because of the verdict in today’s
trial, life in the USA just became dramatically more dangerous.  Police
everywhere in the USA will be seriously rethinking their career choices.
We can easily anticipate that plenty of them will say adios amigo to the
force.  Result: they will be less likely to come to your aid in a timely
manner should the bad guy come to visit.  One can scarcely blame them:
their job was already dangerous enough.  Add to that the legal liability in
the event they make a mistake, law enforcement is a lousy career choice."



I don't understand... Why will cops everywhere be seriously rethinking
their career choices? If you are a decent cop who does not brutalize and
murder people, you will most likely be okay. It is the bad cops who may be
rethinking their profession... Keep in mind that for the limited amount of
education required, police work generally pays fairly well. And so quitting
and finding an equally good job would be hard for many. Finally, policing
is statistically not as dangerous as many people assume.


John



On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 12:13 PM Stathis Papaioannou via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 at 13:47, spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
>> Of *Stathis Papaioannou via extropy-chat
>> *…*
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>> >….I don’t see why you should leave out suicide; if you have an argument
>> with your spouse and then shoot yourself in the head, that is a serious
>> problem.
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>> Stathis Papaioannou
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>> I do see why that should be a separate category.  Suicide accounts for a
>> large percentage of death by firearm.  If I decide I want to end it all,
>> then that is my choice.  It isn’t the fault of the gun or the fact that I
>> have one.  There are legitimate reasons why people make that choice, and I
>> respect their choice.  Of all the ways to finish oneself, I would think
>> that method would be the least painful.
>>
> Impulsive suicide is not really the same as, say, deciding to end your
> life because you have a terminal illness. I have seen many patients over
> the year who attempted suicide by overdose, woke up in hospital a few hours
> later, said they felt silly and went home. If they had put a gun in their
> mouth and pulled the trigger, the outcome would have been different.
>
>> Regarding statistics: things change.  Because of the verdict in today’s
>> trial, life in the USA just became dramatically more dangerous.  Police
>> everywhere in the USA will be seriously rethinking their career choices.
>> We can easily anticipate that plenty of them will say adios amigo to the
>> force.  Result: they will be less likely to come to your aid in a timely
>> manner should the bad guy come to visit.  One can scarcely blame them:
>> their job was already dangerous enough.  Add to that the legal liability in
>> the event they make a mistake, law enforcement is a lousy career choice.
>>
>>
>>
>> Result: we the people need to be ready to carry out homeland security
>> ourselves.  But this carries at least one advantage: far faster response
>> time.
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>> spike
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