"Christopher M." wrote:
>
> "Pete C." > wrote in message
> .com...
> >
> > graham wrote:
> >>
> >> "Andy" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > OT: Craziness in NYC!!!
> >> >
> >> > Noon TV news reported earlier this morning, a crazed gunman at the
> >> > Empire
> >> > State building in midtown Manhattan at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue
> >> > shot
> >> > randomly at passers by. Two dead, nine injured.
> >> >
> >> > The mayor reported some injured were, in the confusion, were shot by
> >> > police.
> >> >
> >> > Crazy nuts to my left <---> crazy nuts to my right!!!
> >> >
> >> > Crazy!
> >> >
> >> > Andy
> >> >
> >>
> >> Guns don't kill people!
> >>
> >> But people with guns sure as hell do!
> >
> > Police with guns sure do. As a non-criminal civilian your odds are much
> > higher for being shot by careless police than by a civilian.
>
> You could make the same argument with car chases. But if no one enforces the
> law there's chaos. The thin blue line must be preserved.

Have you noted that nearly everywhere the police now have rules
prohibiting nearly all car chases? Nearly every car chase scenario ends
worse than simply letting the suspect get away and finding them later in
a safer environment. In this NYC case the police did not have an active
shooter to respond to until they initiated the confrontation, prior to
that they had a suspect leaving the area, nothing more.