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Teen behind hundreds of swatting attacks pleads guilty to federal charges

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242 points LinuxBender | 5 comments | 18 Nov 24 00:39 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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elzbardico ◴[18 Nov 24 14:55 UTC] No.42172833[source]▶
The militarization of law enforcement and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
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valval ◴[18 Nov 24 15:36 UTC] No.42173336[source]▶
Not at all. It’s good that law enforcement have the tools to deal with serious threats. You’re just throwing around a fear word.

The big guns are hidden from sight anyway, and only brought out when need be. We don’t need any Oct 7th type attacks happening on home soil.

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1. bilekas ◴[18 Nov 24 15:56 UTC] No.42173582[source]▶
> We don’t need any Oct 7th type attacks happening on home soil.

Well homegrown attacks happen DAILY. "Averaging almost 50,000 deaths from firearms annually". But no, once they're not on the news like the Oct 7th attacks where, it's fine I guess.

https://www.statista.com/topics/10904/gun-violence-in-the-un...

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2. nickff ◴[18 Nov 24 16:06 UTC] No.42173700[source]▶
The number you’re citing is much higher than the number of firearm-related homicides on your linked page; I believe that’s because it includes suicides, which are not relevant to this conversation.
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3. psychlops ◴[18 Nov 24 16:24 UTC] No.42173930[source]▶
2023 which was the peak had homocides at 14,244.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/249803/number-of-homicid...

4. cowgoesmoo ◴[18 Nov 24 19:27 UTC] No.42175958[source]▶
So you want police to deal with 10k+ gun related homicides using only batons and pepper spray?
5. valval ◴[18 Nov 24 21:18 UTC] No.42177159[source]▶
If there are guns, there is death. Frankly, if there are no guns, there's still death.

You pulling an argumentative sleight of hand here conflating your run of the mill gun violence with terrorist attacks or mass shootings isn't cool.

It doesn't matter how the police is equipped, they can't stop a guy from walking up to his neighbor and shooting him in the face unless they're already there pointing guns at him. Although, maybe some sort of remote mind control chip is the answer there?

Also, I'm certain every shooting ends up on local news.