Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Guns in China



East Asian News and Politics

The gun control blog Mikeb323000 has done an excellent job over the years documenting the dangers associated with firearms, both in the hands of legal and illegal gun owners, as well as the police.  

While the recent rise in death by cops in America seems to be rising, like the killing of an unarmed black teen in Ferguson Missouri, an article from the Washington Post highlights at least in America the police are held more accountable than in China. 

Invoking the threat of terrorism, Chinese police for the first time in years have started carrying guns and, with little training, using them.

The fatal effects have rippled across the country, reaching even this tiny mountain village.

5 comments:

  1. "At a recent training session in Shandong province, one detective said, several officers — not aware of the recoil force that comes with shooting — gripped their guns improperly and broke their thumbs."

    Trying to figure out how I would hold any of my arms in such a way as to break my thumb when I fire. The only thing I can think of is sticking your thumb in the ejection port of something that fires from an open bolt like a light machine gun or submachine gun. Unless of course, the Chinese police have taken to toting Garands and are all suffering from M-1 Thumb caused by not paying attention when you load.
    Mike loves to publish stories of those inept gun owners who injure themselves, yet I cant say I've seen any stories either here or anywhere else of this malady.
    As for people becoming dissatisfied with the police force due to their freedom to control the populace, I don't find it very surprising. Just as many seem to only being comfortable speaking anonymously.
    An interesting contrast to the US where the police have (at least outwardly) the same restrictions on deadly force as citizens. And people seem to be anxious to appear on TV to accuse the police of whatever they feel is improper.

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    1. At a recent training session in Shandong province, one detective said, several officers — not aware of the recoil force that comes with shooting — gripped their guns improperly and broke their thumbs.

      Now that would be a fun video!

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    2. As an educated man you will compare Chinese police training to US police force training? The Chinese police have the same control over their population as a US police force has over their population? You have said some dumb shit but that takes the cake.

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    3. Then why do you suppose reports have to have late night interviews with citizens who are afraid to give their names? Lets look at what you can be arrested for in China,

      "Although the 1982 constitution guarantees freedom of speech,[16] the Chinese government often uses the "subversion of state power" and "protection of state secrets" clauses in their law system to imprison those who are critical of the government."

      Sort of sounds like the treason and insurrection stuff we talked of not too long ago.

      "Amnesty International notes that China "has the largest recorded number of imprisoned journalists and cyber-dissidents in the world"

      "Having more than one child is illegal and punishable by fines."

      "A total of 55 crimes are punishable by death, including some non-violent, white-collar crimes such as embezzlement and tax fraud."

      And they even outperform Texas in the number of executions,

      "According to Amnesty International, throughout the 1990s more people were executed or sentenced to death in China than in the rest of the world put together."

      Learning to shoot isn't rocket science, I've taught many and I don't know of any suffering from broken thumbs. The post was about police having the option to use deadly force with no accountability. Something that both citizens AND police have to answer to.

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    4. "The post was about police having the option to use deadly force with no accountability."
      Yet you turned it in to some idiotioc comparison of Chinese and American police force training, which are so far apart, there is no comparison. Thanks for the idiptic diversion.

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