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 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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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  • [–] 13 points 2 years 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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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] -1 points 2 years 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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  • [–] 2 points 2 years 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

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