6 Philly officers wounded in ongoing shootout

[Grinning Dragon]

Nope, it's just violence. Guns cannot cause violence.

Nah, it's gun violence. Just like people stabbing people is knife violence and people hitting each other with baseball bats is baseball bat violence.

I get you don't like it because you see it as an attack on guns but it's just how the language works.

No, I don't like it because it makes it seem the tool is the cause of the violence. There is no knife violence or baseball bat violence. It's a bullshit phrase. It's just violence, period.

[Liriena]

It's certainly a worrisome turn of events but the hell is the OP trying to make some sweeping claims about American cities based on one drug bust gone wrong?

Because our cities are crime-infested, poverty-infested shitholes. Philly is a good example.

If that's what you want to talk about, you could use statistics, research, etc. as the sources for this thread. You could make a thread about crime and poverty in American cities, instead of trying to use one individual data point to make sweeping claims with no basis.

As it stands, you are just baselessly speculating about very broad matters using as a crutch... again... a drug bust gone wrong.

[Gormwood]

You have a problem with drug dealers carrying drugs but not guns. The disconnect...

Drugs are illegal, guns are not.

Totes simples.

And drug dealers are Responsible Gun Owners too.

[The Two Jerseys]

Drugs are illegal, guns are not.

Totes simples.

And drug dealers are Responsible Gun Owners too.

They're not mutually exclusive.

[Loben The 2nd]

Drugs are illegal, guns are not.

Totes simples.

And drug dealers are Responsible Gun Owners too.

Hey, when youre doing a deal with a smack head you need to be prepared.

Which is why Hi-point debuted the YC9.

[Steppe Khanate]

It’s North Philly, not really surprised

I godamn haawp m’ felluh jawns are faain

[Grinning Dragon]

Maybe the druggies shouldn't have had drugs in the first place?

You have a problem with drug dealers carrying drugs but not guns. The disconnect...

I myself don't have any problem with druggies with drugs. However it seems there are laws that criminalize the possession.
You shouldn't assume what I do or do not have a problem with.

[The Two Jerseys]

It’s North Philly, not really surprised

I know, right?

[The South Falls]

And drug dealers are Responsible Gun Owners too.

They're not mutually exclusive.

Some drug dealers are decent people

[Danubia-Slavia]

Because our cities are crime-infested, poverty-infested shitholes. Philly is a good example.

If that's what you want to talk about, you could use statistics, research, etc. as the sources for this thread. You could make a thread about crime and poverty in American cities, instead of trying to use one individual data point to make sweeping claims with no basis.

As it stands, you are just baselessly speculating about very broad matters using as a crutch... again... a drug bust gone wrong.

Well if you wanna go take a trip up to Philly and see it for yourself, go ahead. Everyone should know that drugs such as heroine and meth should never be legalized, and that they have ruined lives and communities.

[Licana]

It’s North Philly, not really surprised

Neither are the locals. Not a stone's throw away from the shooting are some guys shooting some hoops.

[Nova Cyberia]

Because our cities are crime-infested, poverty-infested shitholes. Philly is a good example.

If that's what you want to talk about, you could use statistics, research, etc. as the sources for this thread. You could make a thread about crime and poverty in American cities, instead of trying to use one individual data point to make sweeping claims with no basis.

As it stands, you are just baselessly speculating about very broad matters using as a crutch... again... a drug bust gone wrong.

As someone who lives around Philly (and actually lives in the US at all) I'm pretty sure I'm well within my rights to call our cities shitholes.

[The South Falls]

If that's what you want to talk about, you could use statistics, research, etc. as the sources for this thread. You could make a thread about crime and poverty in American cities, instead of trying to use one individual data point to make sweeping claims with no basis.

As it stands, you are just baselessly speculating about very broad matters using as a crutch... again... a drug bust gone wrong.

Well if you wanna go take a trip up to Philly and see it for yourself, go ahead. Everyone should know that drugs such as heroine and meth should never be legalized, and that they have ruined lives and communities.

If it's legal, there will be less competiton = less profitable = less selling = less drugs over all. We've got to also pioneer sweeping reforms in the rehab side of things. It's what we did with prohibition

[Aureumterra]

God… I hope they’re all OK

It’s North Philly, not really surprised

I godamn haawp m’ felluh jawns are faain

2 years and I still can’t understand the random times to decide to speak Philadelphian on Discord and here

[The Two Jerseys]

It’s North Philly, not really surprised

Neither are the locals. Not a stone's throw away from the shooting are some guys shooting some hoops.

It's just another day in Nicetown.

[Danubia-Slavia]

If that's what you want to talk about, you could use statistics, research, etc. as the sources for this thread. You could make a thread about crime and poverty in American cities, instead of trying to use one individual data point to make sweeping claims with no basis.

As it stands, you are just baselessly speculating about very broad matters using as a crutch... again... a drug bust gone wrong.

As someone who lives around Philly (and actually lives in the US at all) I'm pretty sure I'm well within my rights to call our cities shitholes.

Same here, it's a shame how drugs basically ruined our whole northern industrial base

[Bluelight-R006]

Another shootout. Why am I not surprised?

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

And drug dealers are Responsible Gun Owners too.

They're not mutually exclusive.

In this case they clearly are.

[Liriena]

If that's what you want to talk about, you could use statistics, research, etc. as the sources for this thread. You could make a thread about crime and poverty in American cities, instead of trying to use one individual data point to make sweeping claims with no basis.

As it stands, you are just baselessly speculating about very broad matters using as a crutch... again... a drug bust gone wrong.

Well if you wanna go take a trip up to Philly and see it for yourself, go ahead. Everyone should know that drugs such as heroine and meth should never be legalized, and that they have ruined lives and communities.

So your solution to the harm caused by addiction to those drugs is sending the addicts to jail? Because that's what the criminalization of those drugs is doing. It's one of the main contributors to the American mass incarceration problem.

[Andsed]

Jesus. I hope the cops make a full recovery and that criminals are arrested soon.

[Gormwood]

And drug dealers are Responsible Gun Owners too.

They're not mutually exclusive.

Shooting at police is now Responsible Gun Ownership.

[The New California Republic]

We need to expand our police force to tackle the drug issue

Or maybe stop criminalizing drug use?

Yes. Stop the war on drugs, it has already been lost.

[The Two Jerseys]

They're not mutually exclusive.

Shooting at police is now Responsible Gun Ownership.

I'll take "Shit Nobody Said" for $200, Alex.

[Liriena]

If that's what you want to talk about, you could use statistics, research, etc. as the sources for this thread. You could make a thread about crime and poverty in American cities, instead of trying to use one individual data point to make sweeping claims with no basis.

As it stands, you are just baselessly speculating about very broad matters using as a crutch... again... a drug bust gone wrong.

As someone who lives around Philly (and actually lives in the US at all) I'm pretty sure I'm well within my rights to call our cities shitholes.

You are certainly within your rights... and I'm within my rights to ask you to put some more meat on the bones of your claims than anecdotes.

[Danubia-Slavia]

Well if you wanna go take a trip up to Philly and see it for yourself, go ahead. Everyone should know that drugs such as heroine and meth should never be legalized, and that they have ruined lives and communities.

So your solution to the harm caused by addiction to those drugs is sending the addicts to jail? Because that's what the criminalization of those drugs is doing. It's one of the main contributors to the American mass incarceration problem.

No, I think they need rehabilitation, and we need to crack down on these drugs better. If we allow these dangerous drugs to flow more freely then more people will get addicted, and the problem will spread.