Of course, the cop wears body armor and I don't. I'm a pilot. Look at the rate of incidents of people attempting to shoot or knife cops, and then you've got a relevant statistic.
And the cop never leaves the ground and you do. Look at the difference in the rate of pilots dying in fiery crashes from 20,000 feet vs. pilots.
The only relevant statistic is the relative safety of occupations in terms of the number of fatalities per 100,000. Janitors are more likely to die on the job than cops. You know the guy who drives the Frito-Lay truck to the grocery store and stocks shelves? He's more likely to die on the job than a cop.
There are an estimated 130000 airline pilots around the world.
These statistics are for jobs in the US.
There are an estimated 300 police officers per 100000 people as estimated by the UN. That's 21 million police officers around the world.
So we can knock off 160 police officers for every pilot we kill and the statistics would still hole true.
Again, we're not talking about "around the world", we're talking about the US.
To measure the danger of a job (or the incidence of brown eyes in a population), the.rate of occurrence per population is the best way. If you can suggest a better one, scientists, public policy researchers, statisticians and actuaries the world over would love to hear about it.
Believe it or not roads aren't the only way to travel from one state to the next. I've been camping near a state border before and there was no indication of where one state ended and the other one began.
I hadn't thought of that. I wonder if park wardens are more understanding of gun owners in those situations than highway patrol or state police would be of a driver on an interstate. I'd hope so.
They wouldn't even have BEEN at the scene in Baton Rouge if the guy in question hadn't been waving a gun around and threatening.
They took the guy's gun out of his pocket after they shot and killed him.
I don't know if you've seen the videos, but the tazers had done their job. The guy had one arm laying useless and the other in a "Please don't shoot me!" gesture. He was nowhere near pulling a gun.
As I said (and as you can learn from my citation), the police are taught to shoot and kill before they see a threat.
Come on. It's easy in the American NE. You can sneeze twice and go entirely through Rhode Island.
I'm in Connecticut and I sneeze a lot. I still manage to see those big signs at the border (NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE WELCOMES YOU, MOTHERFUCKER. YOU BETTER HAVE BROUGHT SOME DONUTS).
But since the gun laws around here are pretty much all the same, you got nothing to worry about unless you're running shine in your big-block Dodge out on the back roads.
Drive 350 miles between Montreal and Providence, and you'll pass through four states and one province. An extra 60 miles and you could add another two states to that. 7 states/provinces in 410 miles. Damn straight I've said aloud "What state are we in?" while driving in New England.
I'm in Connecticut right now. I often find myself in Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, while just looking for a slice of pizza or a sandwich.
But I still manage to notice those gigantic "WELCOME TO MOTHERFUCKING NEW JERSEY, DOUCHEBAG" signs they have at every single border. Maybe if you stop texting while you drive, you'll notice them, too.
If there are police who "expect to get shot by members of the public every shift they work", they need to be taken off the force or at least put on desk duty.
It's as if every Macbook user expected to have his battery burst into flames every time they turn the laptop on.
In the USA, bringing a gun-shaped iPhone into an airport is almost certainly legal under free speech laws, especially if it doesn't look so much like a gun that it would cause reasonable people to panic
Hold on a sec. We recently had an Italian mathematician who had his flight grounded and was taken off and questioned, because some stupid American lady thought the math symbols on his notepad were "terrorist code". I'll bet this woman would consider herself a reasonable person.
I don't think you necessarily want "would cause a reasonable person to panic" to be the legal standard, because you might have trouble finding any.
However. In the USA, there may be reasons for wearing a gun - for example if you have the right carry permit and are simply confused as to what state/... you are in, or if you can wear it in the airport.
If you are confused as to which state you're in, or don't know that you don't pack heat in an airport, you are too dumb to own a gun.
Show of hands: How many people here don't know that you don't pack heat when you're going to an airport? You have to be NFL defensive lineman stupid to think you can bring your gat to LaGuardia or O'Hare.
Question 2: How many here have ever been confused as to which state they're in? I drive all over the country, and I've never found myself thinking, "Am I in Texas or Oregon? I can't tell."
Yeah but police who don't actually expect get shot by members of the public, during every shift they work.
Police don't expect to get shot by members of the public during every shift they work. Being a police officer isn't even in the top 10 deadliest jobs. Garbage collectors and truck drivers are much more likely to get killed on the job than police.
The 10 Deadliest Jobs: Deaths per 100,000
1. Logging workers: 128.8 2. Fishers and related fishing workers: 117 3. Aircraft pilot and flight engineers: 53.4 4. Roofers: 40.5 5. Structural iron and steel workers: 37 6. Refuse and recyclable material collectors: 27.1 7. Electrical power-line installers and repairers: 23 8. Drivers/sales workers and truck drivers: 22.1 9. Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers: 21.3 10. Construction laborers: 17.4
American cops are taught differently [theguardian.com]
Actually, American cops are taught differently. They are taught to shoot before there is any threat. We saw it happening last week in Baton Rouge and Minnesota.
Meet Dr William J Lewinski. He is a "researcher" and expert witness for police departments, and he's getting police officers killed by teaching them to execute Americans.
Home videos, as an example, pretty much never receive MPAA ratings.
I tried to submit my home videos to the MPAA for rating, but they just ignored me. Apparently, they didn't take seriously a three-hour documentary about a man who dresses up his penis like action figures.
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And the cop never leaves the ground and you do. Look at the difference in the rate of pilots dying in fiery crashes from 20,000 feet vs. pilots.
The only relevant statistic is the relative safety of occupations in terms of the number of fatalities per 100,000. Janitors are more likely to die on the job than cops. You know the guy who drives the Frito-Lay truck to the grocery store and stocks shelves? He's more likely to die on the job than a cop.
These statistics are for jobs in the US.
Again, we're not talking about "around the world", we're talking about the US.
To measure the danger of a job (or the incidence of brown eyes in a population), the .rate of occurrence per population is the best way. If you can suggest a better one, scientists, public policy researchers, statisticians and actuaries the world over would love to hear about it.
I hadn't thought of that. I wonder if park wardens are more understanding of gun owners in those situations than highway patrol or state police would be of a driver on an interstate. I'd hope so.
Get out while you're young.
By the way, the list doesn't say, "professional airline pilot".
It says "aircraft pilot".
You can call BS all you want.
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
http://time.com/4326676/danger...
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/12...
These are statistics from three different years. And being a police officer is still less dangerous than being a taxi driver or janitor.
If you don't like the statistics, you can call and complain to the Washington Post, Time Magazine, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and CNBC.
They took the guy's gun out of his pocket after they shot and killed him.
I don't know if you've seen the videos, but the tazers had done their job. The guy had one arm laying useless and the other in a "Please don't shoot me!" gesture. He was nowhere near pulling a gun.
As I said (and as you can learn from my citation), the police are taught to shoot and kill before they see a threat.
I'm in Connecticut and I sneeze a lot. I still manage to see those big signs at the border (NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE WELCOMES YOU, MOTHERFUCKER. YOU BETTER HAVE BROUGHT SOME DONUTS).
But since the gun laws around here are pretty much all the same, you got nothing to worry about unless you're running shine in your big-block Dodge out on the back roads.
I'm in Connecticut right now. I often find myself in Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, while just looking for a slice of pizza or a sandwich.
But I still manage to notice those gigantic "WELCOME TO MOTHERFUCKING NEW JERSEY, DOUCHEBAG" signs they have at every single border. Maybe if you stop texting while you drive, you'll notice them, too.
If there are police who "expect to get shot by members of the public every shift they work", they need to be taken off the force or at least put on desk duty.
It's as if every Macbook user expected to have his battery burst into flames every time they turn the laptop on.
Someone please tell the Brit above me that a majority of the voters in his country just voted to hit themselves in the head with a hammer...please.
The mathematician was taken off the plane and questioned. The flight took off two hours late because of a crazy Trump supporter, acting the fool.
https://www.washingtonpost.com...
Then if they're black you fire a few warning shots into their chest.
Unfortunately, that's what US police are being taught.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015...
Hold on a sec. We recently had an Italian mathematician who had his flight grounded and was taken off and questioned, because some stupid American lady thought the math symbols on his notepad were "terrorist code". I'll bet this woman would consider herself a reasonable person.
I don't think you necessarily want "would cause a reasonable person to panic" to be the legal standard, because you might have trouble finding any.
Excuse me, dummy, but do you think Donald Trump's freedom of speech has been somehow infringed? I find that a little hard to believe.
I bet there's a good story that goes with that. Maybe someday when the statute of limitations have passed, you can post a journal entry about it.
Do you live in Texas, drinky?
Those aren't blocks of clay, they're portable chargers and battery extenders.
I once had a smoking jacket, but never smoking shoes. Sounds intriguing though.
If you are confused as to which state you're in, or don't know that you don't pack heat in an airport, you are too dumb to own a gun.
Show of hands: How many people here don't know that you don't pack heat when you're going to an airport? You have to be NFL defensive lineman stupid to think you can bring your gat to LaGuardia or O'Hare.
Question 2: How many here have ever been confused as to which state they're in? I drive all over the country, and I've never found myself thinking, "Am I in Texas or Oregon? I can't tell."
Police don't expect to get shot by members of the public during every shift they work. Being a police officer isn't even in the top 10 deadliest jobs. Garbage collectors and truck drivers are much more likely to get killed on the job than police.
The 10 Deadliest Jobs: Deaths per 100,000
1. Logging workers: 128.8
2. Fishers and related fishing workers: 117
3. Aircraft pilot and flight engineers: 53.4
4. Roofers: 40.5
5. Structural iron and steel workers: 37
6. Refuse and recyclable material collectors: 27.1
7. Electrical power-line installers and repairers: 23
8. Drivers/sales workers and truck drivers: 22.1
9. Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers: 21.3
10. Construction laborers: 17.4
Actually, American cops are taught differently. They are taught to shoot before there is any threat. We saw it happening last week in Baton Rouge and Minnesota.
Meet Dr William J Lewinski. He is a "researcher" and expert witness for police departments, and he's getting police officers killed by teaching them to execute Americans.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015...
That was a typo. It was supposed to read, "mange".
What self-respecting tech worker wears anything that would need dry cleaning? What is this, 1971?
CGI and green screen.
I tried to submit my home videos to the MPAA for rating, but they just ignored me. Apparently, they didn't take seriously a three-hour documentary about a man who dresses up his penis like action figures.
Wrong. Dick Powell was the superior Marlowe. Bogart just played Bogie, but Powell brought Chandler's character to life.