Another US Shooting

[bartelby]

At least five people are said to have died after a gunman opened fire at a house in the Midwestern US state of Wisconsin.

Link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7032971.stm)

[kainjow]

It was a police officer?!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/07/wisconsin.shooting/index.html

[Moof1904]

This is just further proof that only police officers should have guns. Oh, wait...

[synth3tik]

We love our guns....

[Moof1904]

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest firearm killing rampage in recorded history was done by a police officer.

And it didn't happen in the U.S.

Korean police officer. 87 people, I believe, in 1982. (Or 82 people in 1987.)

[mcarnes]

Pfft. Cops. What can you do?

[william sire]

The sad part about this is all of the usual cliches have come out already.
-"he is such a quite reserve person, we can't understand why he would have done this"
-"he was a good officer and this is so out of character"
etc, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah

However if this story stays in the news more about his past will come to light and the exact opposite will prove to be true. The police would have been impressed with his "aggressive personality" and that will have also been the most obvious sign that he couldn't be trusted.

[twoodcc]

that's terrible.

[NomadicTy]

This is just further proof that only police officers should have guns. Oh, wait...

And criminals would actually turn in their guns if we ban private ownership! Brilliant! :eek:

[Kamera RAWr]

This is just further proof that only police officers should have guns. Oh, wait...

If the right to own a gun wasn't so ingrained in our national psyche, perhaps that could be true ;)

[Moof1904]

And criminals would actually turn in their guns if we ban private ownership! Brilliant! :eek:

You obviously didn't detect the sarcasm dripping from my statement. :rolleyes: