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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It looks like the LA Times is reporting that the man pushed the officer down somehow.  I am trying to figure out how you draw a weapon and shoot 3 people while on the ground holding a child who was unhurt.[/quote]

They're reporting that the officer was holding his 1 1/2 year old and feeding the child food samples when he was suddenly attacked by the man and knocked down, briefly going unconscious. He came to, drew his weapon and wound up shooting his assailant, along with the assailant's parents, in self defense.  The attack was caught on Costco security cameras.[/quote]

Another example of why guns should be banned.  Your right to self defense does not permit you to shoot innocent bystanders.  [/quote]

An assailant who would slam a 1 1/2 year old child to the ground is very violent and scary - at least in that moment in time.  I don't know what triggered the guy but he is the one who lashed out first and, unfortunately for him, he chose a guy who happened to be armed and could defend himself/his child.[/quote]

True, and the presence of guns makes it even more violent and scary -- as evidenced by this event itself.  No gun = one person randomly injured.  Gun = one person killed, two people in ICU, whole stampede of panicked people trying to get out. Luckily nobody injured in the stampede, but that was just luck.

Guns cause problems, not solve them. [/quote]

What if the guy had killed the 1 1/2 year old and/or the police officer?  He was obviously not behaving rationally to have done what he did.  Maybe the cop felt that he had no choice but to shoot in self defense.[/quote]

But that's not what happened -- he got knocked over, and killed one person, critically wounded two others, and caused a stampede.  And he wasn't injured.  I would expect COPS of all people to be better able to keep their heads about them. But we've gotten totally acculturated to cops being crazed and reactive, that we think, "oh, what else do you expect? cops are very easy to trigger, not his fault!"

Do not let easily triggered people have guns in public. We all bear the risk of getting randomly attacked in life -- you can't just say "hey, I'm going to shoot up a crowd because I'm entitled to use my damn gun."  [/quote]

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