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u/Haybinger949 12(7) May 27 '22

SIU confirms BB gun recovered from scene of Scarborough police shooting

Don't worry though! It'll still be added to the stats as a crime gun and I'm sure this detail will cause the whole incident to get rug-swept real quick

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u/discostu55 May 27 '22

Reddit Canada is having a field day. I’ve been trying to post a link and update people but it’s just going to get buried and we are going to get another wave of bans

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u/CaptRustyShackleford May 27 '22

Those kids were so lucky he was only SEVERAL HUNDRED METERS AWAY

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u/[deleted] May 27 '22

It's reddit, stop wasting your time. They won't listen to anything going against the "gun bad restriction good" narrative

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u/CastAside1776 May 27 '22

most of them were cheering on the fact that a dude with a BB gun got gunned down by police. You can see many such examples in my comment reply history.

So much for all that police protest stuff right?

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u/Olive-Drab-Green Nyet! Rifle is Fine May 27 '22 edited May 27 '22

Well it’s because he was white. They scream bloody murder if the person with the BB Gun was a minority. “The cop should have known it was fake!” “Why didn’t they shoot him in the foot!” It’s just how it goes

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u/huntcamp May 27 '22

Lol I was just about to post this. The number of redditors saying he deserved it has blown my mind. Yet these same people were on the opposite a year or two ago side saying George Floyd didn’t deserve it. It’s identity politics 100%, and ironically they don’t realize they’re just as bad as the people they despise.

I just look forward to seeing the bb/pellet gun he was carrying because I have a sneaking suspicion it might not look like a firearm, because otherwise the media would’ve used terminology like “replica pellet gun.”

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u/floydsmoot May 27 '22

Don't worry though! It'll still be added to the stats as a crime gun

That doctor's group is smiling--more padding of their statistics

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u/Scopequest May 27 '22 edited May 27 '22

When I was originally reading this around 4 or 5pm everything sounded fucky. No facts, just weasel words. Turned out they killed a kid (edit actually 27 years old, original reports said teen or early 20s) with a BB gun.

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u/Armed_Accountant Whoever wants to touch my guns has to touch me first. May 27 '22

Kid was being dumb and found out real quick you don’t point a faie gun at cops

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u/Scopequest May 27 '22

I didn't see a single report that he pointed it, the news I've read even said there was no indication of an interaction other than the police shooting him. do you have a source that the dead guy pointed it at a cop?

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u/Armed_Accountant Whoever wants to touch my guns has to touch me first. May 27 '22

Someone posted a photo of him pointing it. Idk at who, but it’s not a stretch to assume he did the same at police.

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u/Scopequest May 27 '22

I saw someone on this sub post a photo of some guy in a green shirt pointing a gun. I question weather that photo was of the dead guy. The dead guy was described as being on a bicycle and wearing a 3/4 length coat (per the news yesterday). But lets assume it was him, its just as reasonable to assume he was checking out a new scope/BB gun and not pointing it at anyone.

If he was point a BB gun at cops then it was suicide.

The cops went into this making the assumption that it was a real gun and people were in real danger and this guy ended up dead. Everyone on social media was assuming he was a mass shooter. Can we reserve judgment and not make wild assumptions till more facts come out?

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u/Scopequest May 27 '22

The information that he was pacing on front of a school wasn't available to me at the time.

When I got a new scope I wanted to test it out by looking long distances... But I was smart enough not to have it attached to a fire arm at the time.

The more information I get the more it sounds like suicide by cop.