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Originally Posted by dude1394
So if he doesn't get out there the robbers get away, obviously the cop wasn't there.
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Originally posted by Doc Zoidberg
There was already a detective in his car, and if Mr Horn wouldn´t have shot the burglars, the detective would have probably arrested or better followed the burglars and therewith maybe snapped some other burglars too (if those two were organized in a racket).
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That is why this case is one that gun control groups are holding up for media scrutiny. This is an example of an extremely rare and bizarre case.
Mr. Horn had no idea that law enforcement was already present. 99.9% (my guess) of the time, that would be preposterous.
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"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." -Thomas Jefferson
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