• Canaconda@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago

    Exactly. Canadian laws are design to incentivize de-escalating the level of violence. Unlike American laws which incentivize jumping straight to lethal force.

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      48 minutes ago

      “I feared for my life and the lives of my fellow officers.”

      Why are individuals held to stricter rules? It should not be legal to shoot someone who is stealing your lawn gnomes but an armed thief inside your house is a thread of unknown magnitude.