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		KennyBlanken on Dec 27, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Missiles are now the biggest killer of airline pas... It's not 'for effect'. It's the legal description of use of a firearm by police/military. The "drone threat" is a bunch of mass hysteria. Every photo I was shown was obviously a passenger jet liner.

JohnBooty on Dec 28, 2024 [–]

   It's not 'for effect'. It's the legal description of 
   use of a firearm by police/military.

That's what I meant by "for effect." They were already able to shoot you.

Ergo a reminder that the military or police can shoot you is for effect; it does not represent a change to the status quo.

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