The murders of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge and Philando Castile in Minnesota have sparked public outrage on social media and in the streets of the United States. Awareness of the ever-increasing numbers of Black Americans lynched by the police in the US has grown following the murder of eighteen-year-old Michael Brown in August of 2014.
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It is legal in several states to shoot at a police officer who is actively engaged in threatening your life, liberty, and property. It's what the 2nd amendment was written for, as a check on unchecked state power.
Such a rule does not allow for firing on random police officers and civilians in public, like the horrific situation in Downtown Dallas....