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 Seaward wrote:

Alright, I know I shouldn't, but I'll bite: why wouldn't a 10 year-old use a gun with the intent to kill?

Of course he might do so, but I would wager that most 10 year olds don't understand the concept of lethal force.

PhantomViper wrote:

Electrical shocks will usually trigger involuntary muscle responses, wouldn't this make the kid more likely to actually pull the trigger accidentally?

Pull it once, perhaps. Once is better than twice or more, in this case.

Of course its a situational thing, but the point I'm making is that there are possible scenarios in which using a taser on a 10 year old is the best decision. Not many of them, but they exist.

In circumstances where cops have rolled up on kids with water guns that they thought were real - they've shot the kids. This led to state laws where water guns had to be colored or have colored tips to avoid the catastrophe occurring again-which resulting in dead kids and ruined the lives and mental states of the cops involved. .

SO CAN WE NOT GO THERE ANY MORE.

 Frazzled wrote:
In circumstances where cops have rolled up on kids with water guns that they thought were real - they've shot the kids. This led to state laws where water guns had to be colored or have colored tips to avoid the catastrophe occurring again-which resulting in dead kids and ruined the lives and mental states of the cops involved. .

SO CAN WE NOT GO THERE ANY MORE.

Which is why im always baffled when I see people spray painting nerf guns to look real.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
In circumstances where cops have rolled up on kids with water guns that they thought were real - they've shot the kids. This led to state laws where water guns had to be colored or have colored tips to avoid the catastrophe occurring again-which resulting in dead kids and ruined the lives and mental states of the cops involved. .

SO CAN WE NOT GO THERE ANY MORE.

Which is why im always baffled when I see people spray painting nerf guns to look real.

That is stupid.

As a side note, were I to commit any sort of armed crime in public, I think I would consider painting any involved firearms Nerf-colours.

Genius!

 azazel the cat wrote:
As a side note, were I to commit any sort of armed crime in public, I think I would consider painting any involved firearms Nerf-colours.

What happens when they just laugh at you, or you do it to an old fart who's laughs, whistles and the last thing you see is a cloud of wiener dogs (and one really old one peeing on your ankle). ..

Whatcha gonna do, when the wiener legions...come for YOU!

I have an army of Ninja Cats trained for just such an occurance. Backed up by vicious attack chickens.

 Grey Templar wrote:
I have an army of Ninja Cats trained for just such an occurance. Backed up by vicious attack chickens.

About once a quarter a chicken or rooster get into my back yard in Houston. I ruined a pair of shoes chasing one around, Rusty got one, and another one appears to have ran afoul of a cat attack while I was gone.

The worst was a fighting rooster that Susty chased into the house, and into the bedroom. Ever try to get a bloodied fighting rooster out of a bedroom? DUDE.

 AustonT wrote:

Because whatever review board gave him a 3 day suspension is filled by fething morons. I'd call for his head on a pike and settle for his job...if this wasn't so old.
Yawn, stretch, fart.

I think you'll find that although the right loves to rail against unions in general and especially teacher's unions, it is in fact the police that have among THE strongest unions in the US.

Where else could you get caught banging a hooker in the back of your squad car and get away with the defense "I had just smoked a joint and didn't know what I was doing." While in uniform. This actually happened btw. The 2 guys involved got about a week paid suspension.

As I've said all along, and this thread proves, we shouldn't have guns and should rely on the police to protect us from harm.

 Seaward wrote:
As I've said all along, and this thread proves, we shouldn't have guns and should rely on the police to protect us from harm.

Quoted for the Sarcastic Truth

 Seaward wrote:
As I've said all along, and this thread proves, we shouldn't have guns and should rely on the police to protect us from harm.

Indeed, all this could have been averted had the 10 year old been armed.

Nobody is claiming that. There is nothing here besides a police officer being insanely stupid.

I'm the first to defend the police, they have a tough job, but that is irrelevant to this discussion.

Wait, so an incredibly inane strawman remark - threadcrapping, essentially - was quoted for truth, but a response to that was "irrelevant"?

I was saying the police having a tough job and we should be a little more understanding was irrelevant to this case.

Sure, I agree with that. I agree they have a tough job, but that understanding really extends to actions that fall within their job responsibilities.

 Ouze wrote:
Sure, I agree with that. I agree they have a tough job, but that understanding really extends to actions that fall within their job responsibilities.

So are you saying taxing kids during show and tell isn't within thier job responsibilities?

No, washing the car.

The $3 car wash and vacuum IS awful tough.

Maybe it was part of PE?

Wax on, wax off...

 Ouze wrote:
No, washing the car.

Hey, imagine the money the taxpayers saved by not having the officer go through a commercial car wash? If there's any lesson to take from this, is that Child Labor is the future of tomorrow!

 Ouze wrote:
Indeed, all this could have been averted had the 10 year old been armed.

Hey, speaking of intellectually dishonest strawmen...

 Seaward wrote:
As I've said all along, and this thread proves, we shouldn't have guns and should rely on the police to protect us from harm.

As hard as this might be to believe that has actually worked for a lot of people.