South Carolina Police Officer, Ambushed by Gunman With 129 Firearms, Dies 3 Weeks After Attack

[Brain357]

Interesting study:

Results. Using Poisson regression and controlling for factors known to affect homicide rates, we associated firearm ownership with the homicide rates for LEOs (incidence rate ratio = 1.044; P = .005); our results were supported by cross-sectional and longitudinal sensitivity analyses. LEO homicide rates were 3 times higher in states with high firearm ownership compared with states with low firearm ownership.

Conclusions. High public gun ownership is a risk for occupational mortality for LEOs in the United States. States could consider methods for reducing firearm ownership as a way to reduce occupational deaths of LEOs.

American Public Health Association (APHA) publications

 

[Brain357]

What the hell kind of clown-shoes clusterfuck gets 7 cops shot? SWAT should have served that warrant, not average patrol cops.

Why? He didn't have a violent criminal record.

It doesn't matter if he had a history or not. Serving a warrant to someone at home can easily go south. It's much easier to catch them unawares some place when they're not suspecting it. Like at the store or gas station.

Looks like there might have been more than one shooter inside the house..

"According to our sources, authorities are reportedly examining shell casings and other evidence from the sprawling crime scene in an effort to determine whether more than one individual fired a weapon at police during the shootout. Additionally, a 16-year-old juvenile defendant is reportedly in custody under suspicion of attempting to aid and abet the two defendants during the shooting..."

Florence Shooting: The Latest

So we have enough SWAT to serve every warrant?

 

[Brain357]

Only in the USA are law enforcement so regularly gunned down and killed. Thanks gun culture.

South Carolina Police Officer, Ambushed by Gunman With 129 Firearms, Dies 3 Weeks After Attack

A second South Carolina police officer has died after being ambushed and shot earlier this month by a man with a stockpile of guns who opened fire on her and other officers as they tried to serve a warrant.

The officer, Farrah Turner of the Florence County Sheriff’s Office, spent nearly three weeks hospitalized in critical condition after the gunman, who was perched on the second floor of his home, opened fire with two rifles and a handgun on Oct. 3. The suspect, Frederick T. Hopkins, 74, started shooting as the officers approached the home for a prearranged interview with his 27-year-old son, who had been accused of sexually assaulting a child.

Three officers in the Florence Police Department were struck first, including Sgt. Terrence Carraway, who was killed. Four officers who arrived to assist them, including Officer Turner, were then hit, the authorities said.

Support law enforcement, support gun control!

No I will not give up my rights for your false sense of security.

Yes you only pretend to care about law enforcement.

 

[Brain357]

Only in the USA are law enforcement so regularly gunned down and killed. Thanks gun culture.

South Carolina Police Officer, Ambushed by Gunman With 129 Firearms, Dies 3 Weeks After Attack

A second South Carolina police officer has died after being ambushed and shot earlier this month by a man with a stockpile of guns who opened fire on her and other officers as they tried to serve a warrant.

The officer, Farrah Turner of the Florence County Sheriff’s Office, spent nearly three weeks hospitalized in critical condition after the gunman, who was perched on the second floor of his home, opened fire with two rifles and a handgun on Oct. 3. The suspect, Frederick T. Hopkins, 74, started shooting as the officers approached the home for a prearranged interview with his 27-year-old son, who had been accused of sexually assaulting a child.

Three officers in the Florence Police Department were struck first, including Sgt. Terrence Carraway, who was killed. Four officers who arrived to assist them, including Officer Turner, were then hit, the authorities said.

Support law enforcement, support gun control!

You said he had 129 guns then you said he had 3?

Settle down, wipe the foam off your mouth, pull your head out of your a55, and think.

There is a reason I included the link to the full article:
In addition to the three firearms believed to have been used in the attack, the police recovered another 126 guns in the house, Sheriff Lott said.

So your saying take the guns away from the law abiding citizens hands. Then what. What state do you live in as I will send the criminals from NJ there to raise hell there. Look at the states the have right to carry a firearm and they have the lowest crime rates because there not going to mug, carjack and robberies if they know that the people are armed. You turn every state to a right to carry watch crime sink. Background and mental health checks done nationwide will sort out a lot of problems. I’m a retired police officer so I can carry in any state I want to I wait for the day some asshole tries to carjack or rob me. BIG MISTAKE


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No they don’t have the lowest crime rates. That is completely false.

 

[whitehall]

They weren't "ambushed", they rolled up on a demented fool who had a stockpile of guns and ammo. Condolences to the families of the slain Officers but S.C. Sheriff's Deputies need better training.

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

Only in the USA are law enforcement so regularly gunned down and killed. Thanks gun culture.

South Carolina Police Officer, Ambushed by Gunman With 129 Firearms, Dies 3 Weeks After Attack

A second South Carolina police officer has died after being ambushed and shot earlier this month by a man with a stockpile of guns who opened fire on her and other officers as they tried to serve a warrant.

The officer, Farrah Turner of the Florence County Sheriff’s Office, spent nearly three weeks hospitalized in critical condition after the gunman, who was perched on the second floor of his home, opened fire with two rifles and a handgun on Oct. 3. The suspect, Frederick T. Hopkins, 74, started shooting as the officers approached the home for a prearranged interview with his 27-year-old son, who had been accused of sexually assaulting a child.

Three officers in the Florence Police Department were struck first, including Sgt. Terrence Carraway, who was killed. Four officers who arrived to assist them, including Officer Turner, were then hit, the authorities said.

Support law enforcement, support gun control!

No I will not give up my rights for your false sense of security.

Unless its in the Patriot Act of course...

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

Only in the USA are law enforcement so regularly gunned down and killed. Thanks gun culture.

South Carolina Police Officer, Ambushed by Gunman With 129 Firearms, Dies 3 Weeks After Attack

A second South Carolina police officer has died after being ambushed and shot earlier this month by a man with a stockpile of guns who opened fire on her and other officers as they tried to serve a warrant.

The officer, Farrah Turner of the Florence County Sheriff’s Office, spent nearly three weeks hospitalized in critical condition after the gunman, who was perched on the second floor of his home, opened fire with two rifles and a handgun on Oct. 3. The suspect, Frederick T. Hopkins, 74, started shooting as the officers approached the home for a prearranged interview with his 27-year-old son, who had been accused of sexually assaulting a child.

Three officers in the Florence Police Department were struck first, including Sgt. Terrence Carraway, who was killed. Four officers who arrived to assist them, including Officer Turner, were then hit, the authorities said.

Support law enforcement, support gun control!

You said he had 129 guns then you said he had 3?

Settle down, wipe the foam off your mouth, pull your head out of your a55, and think.

There is a reason I included the link to the full article:
In addition to the three firearms believed to have been used in the attack, the police recovered another 126 guns in the house, Sheriff Lott said.

The shooter was also a combat veteran with 11 years in the Army, with a Bronze Star for serving in Vietnam.

Should we start rounding up all the Vietnam War combat veterans?

Just the black ones....

 

[Vastator]

When you send armed men, willing to use violence, to confront people; it's only to be expected that in some instances force will be used in kind...

 

[Brain357]

When you send armed men, willing to use violence, to confront people; it's only to be expected that in some instances force will be used in kind...

Sure happens a lot more in the US than other civilized countries.

 

[Vastator]

When you send armed men, willing to use violence, to confront people; it's only to be expected that in some instances force will be used in kind...

Sure happens a lot more in the US than other civilized countries.

Freedom. It’s not for the timid...

 

[Brain357]

When you send armed men, willing to use violence, to confront people; it's only to be expected that in some instances force will be used in kind...

Sure happens a lot more in the US than other civilized countries.

Freedom. It’s not for the timid...

Lots of free places don’t have cops regularly shot and killed.

 

[elongobardi]

When you send armed men, willing to use violence, to confront people; it's only to be expected that in some instances force will be used in kind...

Sure happens a lot more in the US than other civilized countries.

Your wrong. NJ, NY and though not a state and the murder rates in these states are the highest and all have strict gun laws. Camden, NJ Chicago and NYC are brutal. So your math is wrong.


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[Vastator]

When you send armed men, willing to use violence, to confront people; it's only to be expected that in some instances force will be used in kind...

Sure happens a lot more in the US than other civilized countries.

Freedom. It’s not for the timid...

Lots of free places don’t have cops regularly shot and killed.

Uh huh...

 

[Brain357]

When you send armed men, willing to use violence, to confront people; it's only to be expected that in some instances force will be used in kind...

Sure happens a lot more in the US than other civilized countries.

Your wrong. NJ, NY and though not a state and the murder rates in these states are the highest and all have strict gun laws. Camden, NJ Chicago and NYC are brutal. So your math is wrong.


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None of those states have the highest homicide rate. NYC has very low crime rates for a huge city.

 

[Rustic]

Only in the USA are law enforcement so regularly gunned down and killed. Thanks gun culture.

South Carolina Police Officer, Ambushed by Gunman With 129 Firearms, Dies 3 Weeks After Attack

A second South Carolina police officer has died after being ambushed and shot earlier this month by a man with a stockpile of guns who opened fire on her and other officers as they tried to serve a warrant.

The officer, Farrah Turner of the Florence County Sheriff’s Office, spent nearly three weeks hospitalized in critical condition after the gunman, who was perched on the second floor of his home, opened fire with two rifles and a handgun on Oct. 3. The suspect, Frederick T. Hopkins, 74, started shooting as the officers approached the home for a prearranged interview with his 27-year-old son, who had been accused of sexually assaulting a child.

Three officers in the Florence Police Department were struck first, including Sgt. Terrence Carraway, who was killed. Four officers who arrived to assist them, including Officer Turner, were then hit, the authorities said.

Support law enforcement, support gun control!

Na, buy more guns and ammo...

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Only in the USA are law enforcement so regularly gunned down and killed. Thanks gun culture.

South Carolina Police Officer, Ambushed by Gunman With 129 Firearms, Dies 3 Weeks After Attack

A second South Carolina police officer has died after being ambushed and shot earlier this month by a man with a stockpile of guns who opened fire on her and other officers as they tried to serve a warrant.

The officer, Farrah Turner of the Florence County Sheriff’s Office, spent nearly three weeks hospitalized in critical condition after the gunman, who was perched on the second floor of his home, opened fire with two rifles and a handgun on Oct. 3. The suspect, Frederick T. Hopkins, 74, started shooting as the officers approached the home for a prearranged interview with his 27-year-old son, who had been accused of sexually assaulting a child.

Three officers in the Florence Police Department were struck first, including Sgt. Terrence Carraway, who was killed. Four officers who arrived to assist them, including Officer Turner, were then hit, the authorities said.

Support law enforcement, support gun control!

No I will not give up my rights for your false sense of security.

Unless its in the Patriot Act of course...

Nope that was complete bullshit as well.

 

[2aguy]

Only in the USA are law enforcement so regularly gunned down and killed. Thanks gun culture.

South Carolina Police Officer, Ambushed by Gunman With 129 Firearms, Dies 3 Weeks After Attack

A second South Carolina police officer has died after being ambushed and shot earlier this month by a man with a stockpile of guns who opened fire on her and other officers as they tried to serve a warrant.

The officer, Farrah Turner of the Florence County Sheriff’s Office, spent nearly three weeks hospitalized in critical condition after the gunman, who was perched on the second floor of his home, opened fire with two rifles and a handgun on Oct. 3. The suspect, Frederick T. Hopkins, 74, started shooting as the officers approached the home for a prearranged interview with his 27-year-old son, who had been accused of sexually assaulting a child.

Three officers in the Florence Police Department were struck first, including Sgt. Terrence Carraway, who was killed. Four officers who arrived to assist them, including Officer Turner, were then hit, the authorities said.

Support law enforcement, support gun control!

No....in Mexico, where they have absolute gun control, the police are murdered regularly, as are all the other unarmed citizens...meanwhile, the drug cartels have all the fully automatic weapons they want.....meanwhile, across the line that is the border, where armed Americans can legally buy, own and carry guns, the gun murder rate is lower than on the Mexican side..where guns are the sole province of the government and drug cartels....a thin line separating freedom and slavery.

Cops support Americans owning and carrying guns you moron...

National Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Surveys on Concealed Handgun Reciprocity and other issues - Crime Prevention Research Center


National Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Surveys on Concealed Handgun Reciprocity and other issues - Crime Prevention Research Center

Concealed carry reciprocity: Support

29th annual Survey..... 88.62%
28th.............................86.4%
27th.............................63.3%

Can armed citizens help lower violent crime activity: Support

29th......75.77%
28th......76%
27th.......76.4%

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Only in the USA are law enforcement so regularly gunned down and killed. Thanks gun culture.

South Carolina Police Officer, Ambushed by Gunman With 129 Firearms, Dies 3 Weeks After Attack

A second South Carolina police officer has died after being ambushed and shot earlier this month by a man with a stockpile of guns who opened fire on her and other officers as they tried to serve a warrant.

The officer, Farrah Turner of the Florence County Sheriff’s Office, spent nearly three weeks hospitalized in critical condition after the gunman, who was perched on the second floor of his home, opened fire with two rifles and a handgun on Oct. 3. The suspect, Frederick T. Hopkins, 74, started shooting as the officers approached the home for a prearranged interview with his 27-year-old son, who had been accused of sexually assaulting a child.

Three officers in the Florence Police Department were struck first, including Sgt. Terrence Carraway, who was killed. Four officers who arrived to assist them, including Officer Turner, were then hit, the authorities said.

Support law enforcement, support gun control!

No I will not give up my rights for your false sense of security.

Yes you only pretend to care about law enforcement.

My niece is a police officer you ass and she is a big believer in the 2nd Amendment. You only pretend to care about police for the gun grabbing agenda.

 

[2aguy]

For perspective:

Hey...you lying dumb ass........killed in the line of duty doesn't mean they were all gun deaths, you asshat...

So what you are saying? We need more laws that make it against the law to kill a police officer.....got it.

 

[2aguy]

Interesting study:

Results. Using Poisson regression and controlling for factors known to affect homicide rates, we associated firearm ownership with the homicide rates for LEOs (incidence rate ratio = 1.044; P = .005); our results were supported by cross-sectional and longitudinal sensitivity analyses. LEO homicide rates were 3 times higher in states with high firearm ownership compared with states with low firearm ownership.

Conclusions. High public gun ownership is a risk for occupational mortality for LEOs in the United States. States could consider methods for reducing firearm ownership as a way to reduce occupational deaths of LEOs.

American Public Health Association (APHA) publications

You are a moron....

Researchers are wrong about private guns, police deaths

The study, which was announced last week and is forthcoming in the American Journal of Public Health, received extensive national and international news coverage. But if the researchers hadn’t left out controls used by everyone else for this type of empirical work, they would have gotten the opposite results from what they claimed.

Previous research has done just that. And it has found that concealed handgun permits lead to fewer police deaths. The authors offered no explanation for the new study’s unorthodox approach.

There is a big benefit to using so-called panel data, where you follow changes in crime rates across many different states over a number of years. Doing that allows you to have many different experiments and makes it possible to more accurately explain for differences in crime rates across states or over time.

A couple of simple examples show why other studies on crime take into account these factors.

Take a common comparison of different countries. As many people point out, the UK has both a lower gun ownership rate and a lower homicide rate than the US does. Yet, it does not logically follow that reducing gun ownership leads to a reduction in crime. And, in fact, after the UK’s 1997 nationwide handgun ban, their homicide rate actually increased by 50 percent over the next eight years. The UK still had a lower homicide rate than the US, but this wasn’t because of the handgun ban. Other factors must have played a role. The ban itself raised their homicide rate.

A similar point applies over time. Suppose a state passes a gun control law at the same time that crime rates are falling nationally. It would be a mistake to attribute the overall drop in national crime rates to the law that got passed. To account for that concern, researchers normally see whether the drop in crime rate for the state that had the change is greater or less than the overall national change.

Looking at data by state over many years allows researchers to account for both of these potential biases, but the American Journal of Public Health study doesn’t account for this bias over time and the authors offer no explanation for this lapse.

If they had done what everyone else does, it would have reversed their results. Instead of their claim of a one-percentage point increase in the percent of suicides committed with guns increasing the total number of police killed by 3.5 percent, they would have found it reducing police killed by 3.6 percent.


While the media talks about gun ownership being related to police deaths, what they are actually measuring is the percentage of suicides committed with guns. While this may have some relationship to gun ownership, this much more likely picks up whether the population is relatively more male, as men are more likely to use guns for suicide, as well as other demographic and geographical differences. For example, even when women own guns, they are more likely than men to use other methods of committing suicide.

Despite all the extensive news coverage of the American Journal of Public Health study, there were no interviews with anyone who might have been critical of the controversial study.

In reality, criminals have ways of getting guns even when guns are banned. For example, drug gangs will get their guns to protect their drugs just as easily as they get their drugs to sell. Thus gun control primarily disarms the citizens who obey the laws. There are lots of good law-abiding citizens who not only protect themselves and their fellow citizens, but even help protect the police.