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dksuddeth, you've made your views on guns and the police abundantly clear in the past, but I think that you need to take a deep breath and think about what the police had to go on here. They get a call from the guy's sister saying that he's suicidal and he's got guns in the house. They've been there before, and there's apparently some history there. Given these facts, what would you have the police do?
Please explain how they "crossed over the line". There's an armed, suicidal guy barricading (despite his semantic argument, that's what he did) himself in the house. In countless similar circumstances, the suspect ends up taking shots at the police or bystanders. What would you have them do instead?
I noted a pretty big lack of quotes from the police in this article and a lack of acknowlegement of the police's version. Given the tone of the article, it sounds like this has been a running commentary since it happened. I don't have time to search their archives to see previous stories, but I'd love to hear more.
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