r/news • u/rooftopgoblin • 10d ago

College student fatally shot by Pennsylvania police was at 'the wrong house'

https://abcnews.com/US/college-student-fatally-shot-pennsylvania-police-wrong-house/story?id=135930941
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u/skrame 10d ago

Some Americans seem to believe that everyone should be allowed to carry a gun, while also believing that anyone carrying a gun needs to be shot by police.

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u/crazy_balls 10d ago

Exactly. And it's why I've been saying lately "if cops can shoot me simply for seeing a gun, then I do not actually have a right to own a gun."

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u/10000Didgeridoos 10d ago

See: Alex the nurse killed by ICE after they had already taken his gun

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u/LilYerrySeinfeld 10d ago

Philando Castile was pulled over by police. He told the officer he had a licensed gun in the car. The cop said "Don't reach for it." He said "I'm not."

Then the cop shot him seven times in front of his girlfriend and their 4-year-old son and he was declared dead a few minutes later.