tipoc
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A small flap has broken out today as the head of the national Fraternal Order of Police called on Wal-Mart to cease selling on line T-shirts made and sold by "Old Glory Merchandising" which features BLM slogans "Black Lives Matter" and "Bulletproof".
http://www.why4news.com/2016/12/21/...-matter-t-shirts-after-receiving-a-complaint/
Wal-Mart said it would stop selling the Old Glory T-shirt "Bulletproof" on line but no others.
I have an opinion on this but it has nothing to do with guns directly until...
"Jim Pasco, the executive director of the police union in Washington, said union members had complained about the shirts because they felt Walmart was selling anti-police items.
‘There are a lot of people who feel too many guns are sold,’ Pasco told the Washington Post. ‘Why not speak out against things that might be seen as fomenting violence, rather than things that commit violence?’"
Now I'm not too fond of cops calling out to ban certain things like T-Shirts, books or movies will be not too far behind maybe, though they have the right to be wrong same as others if they decide to not take their position in society seriously, but I'm also not fond of them dragging gun control into it either. Guns don't "commit violence". I'm pretty sure that by themselves they do not "foment" violence either.
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http://www.why4news.com/2016/12/21/...-matter-t-shirts-after-receiving-a-complaint/
Wal-Mart said it would stop selling the Old Glory T-shirt "Bulletproof" on line but no others.
I have an opinion on this but it has nothing to do with guns directly until...
"Jim Pasco, the executive director of the police union in Washington, said union members had complained about the shirts because they felt Walmart was selling anti-police items.
‘There are a lot of people who feel too many guns are sold,’ Pasco told the Washington Post. ‘Why not speak out against things that might be seen as fomenting violence, rather than things that commit violence?’"
Now I'm not too fond of cops calling out to ban certain things like T-Shirts, books or movies will be not too far behind maybe, though they have the right to be wrong same as others if they decide to not take their position in society seriously, but I'm also not fond of them dragging gun control into it either. Guns don't "commit violence". I'm pretty sure that by themselves they do not "foment" violence either.
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