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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
If police, who put their lives on the line all the time, are exempted from the weapons laws that we have to adhere to....why do so many of us die when they do not?
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Again, why do more of US die than them?
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
From the FBI Uniform Crime Report (I'm assuming that this information source will be acceptable to most people...unless they also have an agenda you don't like)
Year # of incidents per capita(100k)
2004 1,367,009 465.5
year # of murders per capita (100k)
2004 16,137 5.5
437 of those 'justifiable homicides' were committed by a police officer.
while I have not found the FBI stat for LEOs killed in 2004, a google brings up a number of figures, but the average is approx. 155.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Of course, but numbers weren't my argument. That issue was brought up by someone else.
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Then I apologize, bro. Somehow I got the idea that you were arguing numbers...