Illnois police officer killed, manhunt for three suspects ongoing - Polidicks

[QUOTE=dai;48595586]this is rough from what I understand, traffic was all but locked down, even the metra wasn't allowed to enter/exit town for a while. There's (currently?) a 2 nautical mile no-fly zone around the city (why nautical though)[/QUOTE] it's just how aviation works. i checked it up at the TFR (Temporary Flight Restriction) is only from the surface to 3000'

[QUOTE=ZakkShock;48596676]Because the news only shows this. Glorifies it, even. Hey, go shoot a bunch of cops, we'll make you famous. Go shoot up a school, get a 60 Minutes special, just about you.[/QUOTE] It's the American way! [editline]2nd September 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Chaseymusica;48595435]I used to lifeguard at the nearby park district. Small world eh'[/QUOTE] You said eh are you Canadian?

[QUOTE=ZakkShock;48597382]Nope, it's a constant war zone. I can't even leave the house to go to the local bartering center without my handgun because of highwaymen attacking my stagecoach. Tis truly, a wild land.[/QUOTE] You can't however leave your house without knowing that [I]"almost every person"[/I] in public could have a gun on them. Kind of an unsettling idea.

[QUOTE=Bat-shit;48601082]You can't however leave your house without knowing that [I]"almost every person"[/I] in public could have a gun on them. Kind of an unsettling idea.[/QUOTE] Actually not unsettling at all. The vast majority of those who carry create 0 problems. Almost every person in public probably owns a rifle/shotgun of some model, but a significant less carry

[QUOTE=Bat-shit;48601082]You can't however leave your house without knowing that [I]"almost every person"[/I] in public could have a gun on them. Kind of an unsettling idea.[/QUOTE] It's actually extremely comforting in Florida to know that anyone carrying a gun legally has had to receive training and background checks. Nice to know if anything happens theirs a good chance that someone right next to me has a gun instead of waiting for police to arrive.

[QUOTE=Ccharlton;48602872]It's actually extremely comforting in Florida to know that anyone carrying a gun legally has had to receive training and background checks. Nice to know if anything happens theirs a good chance that someone right next to me has a gun instead of waiting for police to arrive.[/QUOTE] the "training and background checks" is the comforting part there, too many people react to the idea of control via background checks negatively

[QUOTE=Code3Response;48601569]Actually not unsettling at all. The vast majority of those who carry create 0 problems. Almost every person in public probably owns a rifle/shotgun of some model, but a significant less carry[/QUOTE] I know significantly more people that have never owned a gun than I know people who own a rifle or shotgun and I've lived in Texas my entire life. Saying "almost every person in public" owns a gun is just wrong - most studies put it at around 1 in 3 or lower, and it's decreasing.

[QUOTE=.Isak.;48603049]I know significantly more people that have never owned a gun than I know people who own a rifle or shotgun and I've lived in Texas my entire life. Saying "almost every person in public" owns a gun is just wrong - most studies put it at around 1 in 3 or lower, and it's decreasing.[/QUOTE] is almost like gun ownership rates vary greatly from city to city

[QUOTE=.Isak.;48603049]I know significantly more people that have never owned a gun than I know people who own a rifle or shotgun and I've lived in Texas my entire life. Saying "almost every person in public" owns a gun is just wrong - most studies put it at around 1 in 3 or lower, and it's decreasing.[/QUOTE] 1 in 3 is pretty huge.