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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: We're Never Voting' For Him Again
Date: 04/03/24 4:08 PM
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I was really disturbing, actually. The program featured numerous clips from the guy's seminars. He travels the country giving these seminars to LE (for a fee, of course). And his basic message is "everybody is a threat; if you want to stay safe you can't hesitate". Which results in a lot of unarmed people getting shot.

Of course we want the police to be safe, and they do need to be able to pull the trigger when needed. This guy was teaching that when in doubt, shoot. (Oversimplified, but that was the basic message.)

Military special forces are really good at making efficient killers. Sort of necessary for their job, so I get that. But I don't think we want our police to be SEAL teams eliminating potential threats.

I remember when I was a lot younger, we were playing laser tag in a local park after dark. Mostly a bunch of 20-somethings. Apparently, someone was freaked out and called the police. Two cars and three cops showed up. They had their hands on their weapons, but didn't draw, and called us over. When they saw the laser pistols and detectors that we were wearing, they visibly relaxed. We were also VERY careful because at that time there were a lot of police shootings involving laser tag players (cops thought the weapons were real). It was a little tense, but they showed the restraint they should have, and everyone went home safe.
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