Cops Shoot 8 Innocents
by
Eric Peters
EricPetersAutos.com
People who
want to take guns away from citizens often argue that itÂ’s
dangerous for citizens to have guns. They will say, “innocent
people will get shot in the crossfire” in the event an armed
civilian uses a gun to stop an armed criminal.
I wonder what
theyÂ’ll say about what just happened in NYC?
According to
reports, a laid-off womenÂ’s clothing designer named Jeffrey
Johnson, 58, decided to shoot his ex-boss. He pulled out a .45 pistol
and did so – and was himself almost immediately gunned down
by a gaggle of city cops. Problem is, the cops ending up shooting
more people than the gunman. Eight people were shot – by
the cops. (news
story here.)
Will the people
who demand citizens be disarmed because “innocent people might
get caught in the crossfire” now demand that cops be disarmed,
for the same reason?
If not –
why?
Will the “reckless”
cops – who clearly canÂ’t shoot straight – be held civilly
and criminally responsible for shooting innocent bystanders –
as a citizen surely would be?
If not, why?
DonÂ’t
forget that cops – as a matter of law – are under no obligation
to protect any individual from harm. They are law enforcers
– not protectors.
Protection
– of our individual persons – is ultimately up to us.
Provided, of
course, we are permitted to do so. And provided, of course, that
we arenÂ’t caught in a cop crossfire.
Reprinted
with permission from EricPetersAutos.com.
August
27, 2012
Eric Peters
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columnist and author of Automotive
Atrocities and Road Hogs (2011). Visit his
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