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SemperFiGuy:
It's slowly coming out that maybe most of the wounded shooter victims were innocent bystanders shot by.............

The New York City Police.

Might have to take away all guns from New York's Finest.


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wallace11bravo:
"One law enforcement official said that based on the preliminary investigation, it appears that most or all of the bystanders were struck by one of the 16 police bullets – or fragments or ricochets from those rounds – that were fired by the two officers who confronted Mr. Johnson."

 Anti-gun advocates are already spinning this as a reason to take away our right to defend themselves.

By merit of their own arguments, this is also a good reason to disarm law enforcement:

-Armed citizens had an error rate of 2%, meaning that 1 of every 50 rounds that struck a person, the wounded individual was innocent

-Police officers, during the same time period, had an error rate of 11%, meaning that 1 of every 10 rounds that struck a person, the wounded individual was innocent.

*Clayton E. Cramer and David Burnet “Tough Targets: When Criminals Face Armed Resistance from Citizens” Cato Institute. February 2, 2012.

lneuke:
"One witness told police that the gunman fired at officers, but authorities say ballistics evidence so far doesn't support that. They say Johnson's .45-caliber weapon held seven rounds. He fired five times at Ercolino, killing him. One round was still in the gun, and one was ejected when officers secured it.

The nine bystanders hit by gunfire when police took down Johnson are expected to survive. They suffered graze wounds or other minor injuries.

The wounded include two women and seven men sent to two area hospitals whom Bloomberg earlier said may have been accidentally shot by cops, who fired off 14 rounds."

UPCrawfish:
Simply amazing............... ::)

bkoenig:
Piers Morgan was on the TV at the gym tonight.  I can't stand that guy but since this is a family friendly forum I won't say what I really think about him....

Anyway, of course he tried to use this to push for more gun control.  Never mind that guns are all but illegal in New York.  He got the murder victim's brother on the phone and it backfired - the brother said he supports the legal carrying of firearms.  Then he brought on Rudy Giuliani, who came right out and said that gun control wouldn't have stopped it. 

It amazes me how sleazebags like him won't even wait until the body is cold.

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