re: Protesters demand action after Portland State University police shoot, kill Navy veteran

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the police shot and killed a gun carrying veteran

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sadly enough, there are people out there who will think this way and use it for an agenda

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If we had to put blame on someone, I guess I would put it on Washington. The gun doesn't seem to be all that secure. Well, it is secure if he isn't going to be rolling around breaking up fights, but when police come to a scene, sees a gun fly out and someone goes to grab it. What are they suppose to think? "Let me wait to see if he shoots people first".

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Eh, if my gun went flying out during a scuffle, my first reaction would probably be to secure it as well. He may not have known that the cops were there. Like I said, it was just really bad circumstances all coming together at once.

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Eh, if my gun went flying out during a scuffle, my first reaction would probably be to secure it as well.

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Yeah, that's pretty instinctive if you're used to carrying a firearm.

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There's a lot of stuff in that paragraph right there.

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to an extent...He could have only handled a pistol in boot camp ten years earlier..He also doesn't conceal that weapon and having it in a holster on his cargo shorts looks terrible...

EDIT: looks like some info was updated while I was typing, but my statement still makes sense

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Also, why does it matter that he was in Navy?

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Because if they hadn't included that then some people's first reaction would be "well he was probably a dindu."

Sad situation. Why is he intervening in a fight while he has a gun strapped to his side anyway? A whole lot of things can go wrong in that scenario.

Well, that stinks for everyone involved.

Dude was legit trying to do the right thing and keep his friend in the blue shirt from fighting, just a horrible set of circumstances played out, but based on the video, I can't really see placing blame on the officers.

If nothing else, you shouldn't be carrying a gun in public while you are drinking and/or while you're hanging out with people drinking IMO.

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based on his clothing, he has been itching for a situation like this

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What about his clothes suggest he was itching to try and break up a fight?

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Drinking and carrying is retarded if not illegal.

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Yep.

I just hate the idea of open carrying. I honestly think it's just done to show off or act macho or some shite, I don't know. It just doesn't really make sense to me.


I can't possibly think any pros of open carrying outweighing the cons.

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He was a veteran who fought for our country," said Mohammed Tuffa, who says he was involved in the fight. He said police didn't need to use deadly force. "Pepper spray could have broken everybody out. Everybody would have been on the ground crying."

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He died Bc of you, Mohammed.