• Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    29 days ago

    Real question for the USA people, will shooting them be anymore of a crime? Just sounds like a faster and more fun way of doing this.

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      29 days ago

      Actually yes, it massively increases the number of potential charges. Also way more likely to get excited police officers turning up quickly and knowing you have a gun.

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      27 days ago

      Canadian here. Way too dangerous!

      1. Shooting upwards at the cameras puts innocent people in danger. I know gun cultures love to sky fire but in Canada we don’t do that dumb shit. Especially out west where the mountains obscure who lives a mile away. Could easily kill some rancher with no hospital for 100 miles. (or a cow!)

      2. Ricochet. If the bullet goes through the camera and hits the pole it could deflect and injure a bystander.

      3. Shrapnel. Hit the wrong spot and the camera might eject sharp pieces that could hurt someone.

      4. People suck at aiming.

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      29 days ago

      Discharging a firearm in a city or near a highway is a crime, as well as being unsafe and irresponsible. Shooting from a vehicle is also usually illegal and there may be other laws specifically for firearms that they be charged with too such as possession of a firearm when committing a crime.

      For example robbing a bank is a crime but robbing a bank which a firearm is two different crimes and if you show the gun that can be brandishing which is a third. For this reason, and because bank tellers are told to just hand over the money which is all government insured, most people rob banks by only passing a note to the cashier and not having any weapons at all.