Looking at the still there at Reason I don’t blame them too much; if I had a 911 call of “woman with an Uzi threatening to kill people” and saw that, well…
(Side note: I damn near have to stop reading Reason lately, given the way everything has to be shoehorned into Today’s Narrative.
A post about a woman being shot because her drill “looked like a gun” (which, having held various power drills, frankly I understand)?
Gotta make it about “militarizing police” even if there’s no reason to believe that was relevant!
Gotta make it about Ferguson!
Gotta stop reading Reason; they’re not my libertarians anymore, and never have recovered from Postrel leaving as editor.)
Call of “woman with an Uzi” is typical of places where guns are banned and many people have no familiarity. Similar case a few years back from NJ I think when a school principal called in “man with a gun”. Turned out to be a meter reader with one of the high tech gizmos. Luckily, he wasn’t shot.
August 17th, 2014 at 11:26 pm
Cops Drill Woman.
August 18th, 2014 at 12:03 am
This tragedy was brought to you by the lazy L
August 18th, 2014 at 5:35 pm
Looking at the still there at Reason I don’t blame them too much; if I had a 911 call of “woman with an Uzi threatening to kill people” and saw that, well…
(Side note: I damn near have to stop reading Reason lately, given the way everything has to be shoehorned into Today’s Narrative.
A post about a woman being shot because her drill “looked like a gun” (which, having held various power drills, frankly I understand)?
Gotta make it about “militarizing police” even if there’s no reason to believe that was relevant!
Gotta make it about Ferguson!
Gotta stop reading Reason; they’re not my libertarians anymore, and never have recovered from Postrel leaving as editor.)
August 18th, 2014 at 5:37 pm
They are going the way of the press. More concerned about eyeballs than anything else.
August 18th, 2014 at 6:40 pm
Call of “woman with an Uzi” is typical of places where guns are banned and many people have no familiarity. Similar case a few years back from NJ I think when a school principal called in “man with a gun”. Turned out to be a meter reader with one of the high tech gizmos. Luckily, he wasn’t shot.