Des Moines police are urging Iowans to prioritize firearm safety following a shooting at Pappajohn Sculpture Park earlier this month.
The incident involved a 17-year-old who was shot while attempting to rob a 22-year-old man. Police said the man who fired the gun acted in self-defense and is not facing charges.
Law enforcement officials explained that self-defense shootings, which are more commonly associated with police officers, are increasingly being seen among civilians.
“There’s been several changes in gun laws here in Iowa over the years. And the one thing that we’ve seen, the byproduct of that is there’s more guns out there,” said DMPD Sgt. Paul Parizek.
Since 2021, Iowa has been a constitutional carry state, allowing any law-abiding adult to carry a handgun without a permit.
Police emphasized that self-defense with a firearm is only justified under strict criteria. Deadly force can only be used if there is a reasonable assumption that one’s life or wellbeing is in immediate danger.
— Pappajohn Sculpture Park shooting in Des Moines puts Iowa’s self-defense gun laws in focus
“There’s been several changes in gun laws here in Iowa over the years. And the one thing that we’ve seen, the byproduct of that is there’s more guns out there,” … in the hands of responsible law abiding citizens interested in protecting their selves and family from the increasing crime as a result of democrats embracing and facilitating and emboldening criminals and crime. This is not a bad thing.
There, finished it correctly for you instead of the ‘dangling implication’ that guns cause the crime. The ‘several changes in gun laws here in Iowa over the years’ was mostly for constitutional carry by law abiding not-prohibited persons. And such adopted in various states has literally saved millions more lives than any anti-gun talking point or law or police department has or ever will, and continues to save lives year after year.
Criminals should be shot dead as often as possible.
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“Law enforcement officials explained that self-defense shootings, which are more commonly associated with police officers, are increasingly being seen among civilians.”
So…. this begs the question: Where was law enforcement to protect those ‘civilians’ when those ‘civilians’ were victimized by crime and were forced to defend them selves in the maybe ‘eye blink’ in time they had left before suffering serious injury or death at the hands of the crime perpetrator?
Of course self-defense shootings are increasingly being seen among civilians – self-defense is a normal and rightful and constitutional and human-inherent-natural right and thing. It built into humans naturally, the will to survive, and we even have natural built in instincts and mechanisms to enact that self-defense by any-means-possible (i.e. ‘stress response’ AKA ‘fight or flight’ response). But its not just ‘increasingly’, self-defense response enactment has been with humans for literally thousands of years (millions if you go back into the hominin lineage, where self-defense existed even then, and even before that in a fashion in the precursor to human life as it struggled in the primordial ooze and ocean to survive) and it does not just belong to ‘law enforcement’ so I’m not sure why the act of self defense by humans suddenly worries or concerns you.
And stop calling them ‘civilians’ as if they are a separate distinct class of some type and ‘law enforcement’ is on top of the food chain. They are humans and citizens, ultimately your bosses, that law enforcement failed to be there to protect when they needed protection so they protected their-selves.
“Since 2021, Iowa has been a constitutional carry state, allowing any law-abiding adult to carry a handgun without a permit.”
And that is as it should be. It is not natural or correct or constitution-intent that a law abiding United States citizen should need to ask for permission to have a means of self-defense or property possession/ownership they choose to have.
Cops are civilians.
Disarm the police. Issue them nightsticks and the training to use them. Armed civilians can handle most common situations.
Law Enforcement Put On Notice! Qualified Immunity In Jeopardy If You Enforce Illegal Gun Control!
“Virginia’s gun rights battle just exploded into what some are calling a constitutional crisis.
GOA and VCDL have issued an open letter to every law enforcement agency in Virginia, warning officers about enforcing Virginia’s universal background check law despite an existing court injunction. Meanwhile, new court filings accuse state officials of ignoring a standing court order and violating the separation of powers.
In this video, we break down the lawsuit, the injunction, the open letter to law enforcement, and what this could mean for gun owners across Virginia and the nation.”
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Yeah, the left wingers are gonna get upset but too bad so sad ya bunch of whiny loosers: Trump Puts Up Revolutionary War Statues in D.C. Leftist Protest Hotspot, Including Forgotten Founder.
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“Des Moines Police Don’t Really Seem Comfortable With the Number of Defensive Gun Uses They’re Seeing”
They are worried/concerned about their Comfort; but not about the peoples’ lives! How utterly noble of them………..NOT!
An anti-gun left winger told me once “I’m not comfortable with you having a gun in public. Guns should be outlawed.”
I told them, “That’s Ok. I’m not comfortable with you around so the next time I see some of the gang thugs around here I’m going to tell them you keep a bunch of cash at home and are a very soft target. Then give them your address.”
Left wing violence: Rep Anna Paulina Luna to file charges after Code Pink activist assaults her outside hearing on Capitol Hill
“Representative Anna Paulina Luna is pressing charges after she was assaulted on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, after questioning Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the activist group Code Pink.
In a post on X, Lunda said members of the far-left group followed her when she left the hearing and proceeded to berate and assault her.
‘After I questioned Secretary Rubio on Code Pink and their ties to the CCP, their organization followed me out, berated me, and then their head person here in DC smacked me,’ Luna wrote. ‘I will be filing charges.’
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Left wing violence and racism: explosive indictment – SPLC paid for KKK cross burnings, robes and hoods, recruitment, living expenses, racist merch
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Police don’t do their job… Complain when citizen do.
And what would have happened in these cases if the person wasn’t able to defend themselves? “When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.” That is not to disrespect the police, but it is a fact, especially with revolving doors in courtrooms across the country for repeat offenders.
“If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury. Therefore what he must be taught to fear is his victim.” -Jeff Cooper
The police exist to protect criminals from the righteous anger of the people. A well armed populace would put to rest robberies, car jacking and most assaults. An active death penalty would deter the majority of killings.
In the end it’s liberal policies which have increased overall crime in the name of ‘compassion’
And Crime is going down! Down to historic all-time lows. “An armed Society is a Polite Society.” R.H.Heinlein.
“self-defense shootings, which are more commonly associated with police officers, are increasingly being seen among civilians”
Police are also civilian.
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines are members of the military. The rest of the population are civilians. Please stop referring to police officers as if they are non-civilians. Police officers are civilians. Just like the majority of the populations that they have sworn to serve and protect.
Police in the United States are not part of the military establishment despite their being armed like an occupation force and emloying tactics that violate Rules of Engagement governing military formations.
I like how the news peg for the story is a justified instance of self-defense against an armed robbery that police judged as a good shoot.
Where’s the problem?
When Law Enforcement so flagrantly fails, repeatedly, it’s time to resolve the problems by ourselves. Fuck the cucks.