The California Justice Department announced today that it has found no cause to file chargesagainst a Los Angeles police officer who, while aiming at a suspect, shot and killed a 14-year-old girl hiding in a department store fitting room.

Fourteen-year-old Valentina Orellana Peralta was picking out a quinceanera dress with her mother just before Christmas in 2021. She was shot and killed by a bullet that ricocheted off the floor.

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    7 months ago

    You’re missing the point. Anyone who is unable to follow firearm safety should be disqualified from holding a position that will require the use of a firearm.

    Your flippant attitude doesn’t help anything. Yes, peace officers seem to have no moral code and are currently a detriment to society. However, resigning them to your point of view is somewhere between pessimistic and harmful. We must be open to changing this system for the betterment of society.

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      7 months ago

      My flippant attitude is based on this article.

      I don’t disagree that you shouldn’t have a gun if you can’t follow basic safety protocols. Unfortunately, California (and the rest of America overall) does disagree. Which was my point.

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      7 months ago

      I don’t think you get the point.

      You can say things like “Y’all rape is bad” and we can make laws to also say rape is bad but not enforce it on a few people, then shit is fucked up.

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        7 months ago

        That’s a false equivalence.

        The comment they made is about a subset of people, not just a few people.

        It’s like saying “Rape is bad” and then someone coming along and saying something like:

        “Mexicans think rape is good. You don’t know Mexicans”

        Rape is bad, period.

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      7 months ago

      You’re missing the point. Anyone who is unable to follow firearm safety should be disqualified from holding a position that will require the use of a firearm.

      But thanks to the 2nd Amendment anyone who is unable to follow those rules can have multiple guns