Delta4Embassy
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These two stories are a telling comparison of the way guns are used here vs. Britain. In London a man stabs several people on the subway, is subdued with a stun gun and arrested. In Miami Beach a man brandishes a razor, injures no one, but is killed by police. It just doesn't make any sense to me. Why can't American police non-fatally subdue a suspect? Are guns and violence that ingrained that no other avenues are considered?
London police treat knife attack as terrorist incident - CNN.com
Video shows Miami Beach police fatally shooting man - CNN.com
Advertizing shoulders some of the blame for our violent culture. From bazooka bubblegum to germ-killing products to this latest one showing a dead mouse being flung into a bullseye violence is all over tv. Nerf too, toys that are guns are advertized on children's tv channels and during their programs. It teaches kids that a gun solves problems. Or killing solves problems. Wanna be safe in the kitchen KILL 99.99% of germs (what they don't tell you is germs replicate rather quickly with the few that aren't killed.)