• Zink@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    Seriously, I don’t know why so many people get this wrong!

    We give guns to our cops to enforce the laws, and we should have higher expectations for the handling of their weapon than random schmuck off the street licensed gun owner.

    We give the military and various other resources and powers to the President to execute the laws. They should also be held to an even higher standard! A bad guy as President can do a million times as much damage than they can as a cop.

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      2 months ago

      Agree. These people are given the public trust. betraying the public trust should result in severe punishment. More severe than a random schmuck doing the same act, cause that random schmuck wasnt given the public trust and the power of authority.

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          2 months ago

          I know you are joking, but you have no idea how many times i’ve heard legitimate arguments like that…especially with regards to police.