zxcvbob > wrote:

>graham wrote:

>> Guns don't kill people!
>>
>> But people with guns sure as hell do!

>Point of order: *It was the cops who shot the passers-by*

>It started out as a routine homicide inside the ESB; one shooter and one
>targeted victim he had a grudge against. When the shooter was getting
>away cops outside the building opened fire into the crowd, killing the
>bad guy and injuring a bunch of bystanders.

For what it's worth the cops shot low so that nobody would be fatally
injured, and that in fact was the outcome. Nobody in New York expects
cops to not shoot at bad guys.

Steve