Since the principle was that the burden was to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt they would have to prove that you did such an action without just cause. There was no principle requiring that you had to prove you did anything legally, the burden was upon the government to prove that your...
It may not be "convenient" and sometimes a "bad guy" may not face justice but wasn't it Franklin who quoted, or paraphrased the statement "that it is better one hundred guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer?" Shouldn't the burden always be upon the government...
It is nonsense. While in the vehicle the attacker has limited options, the most "dangerous" is driving away or using the vehicle has a weapon. From inside the vehicle he has limited lanes of fire. The threat to the officer depends a lot on where the officer is standing in regards to those...
I never understood calling the police for a person threatening suicide (if he is only threatening himself). You almost guarantee "suicide by cop". It seems kind of stupid if the goal is for the person NOT to die.
:dunno: Constitution doesn't require you to have permission by the fed or state. It is your "state" granted permission to open carry "with a permit".
Oh and :welcome:
The hamilton ave murders in 06? Looking at the spreadsheet it seems their focus is on mass killings where the criminal's motivation was more of a mental health issue whereas in the hamilton case the motive appears to be robbery. Which means any mass killings where the perpetrator was the...
You have to include the V day massacre even though it is "mob related" - they were criminals after all and violent ones. Same as any of the other ones listed. Motivations may be different but principle is the same.
Here is a better breakdown of mass "shootings" since 1982:
US Mass Shootings...
Actually:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/26/us/us-prison-populations-decline-reflecting-new-approach-to-crime.html?pagewanted=all
Not really that impressive in my opinion but a small decline.
More importantly and much more relevant since you mention "violent" (of course a gun isn't required...
Thank you :) You beat me to it :) and there are quite a few more. A simple google of school shootings pulls up school shootings going back past 2000. We've also had several acts of "terrorism" including "domestic terrorism" prior to 9/11 and yes they did "blow up federal buildings" (TM...
Well... back in "the day" police would respond with caution but not with the "rapid dominance" aka "shock and awe" that we see more and more .
Usually an officer and a backup (or just one unit if two man and there isn't a report of any actual shooting going on). Other officers in the area...