Grandma with a Hand Cannon
I read an interesting piece of news from a recent study at CU Boulder about your likeliness to shoot an armed or unarmed suspect based purely on race. While I find this study fascinating and horrifying on several levels, I think this quote sums it up best,
"Both the police and student subjects were most likely to shoot at blacks, then Hispanics, then whites and finally, in a case of what might be called a positive bias, Asians, researchers found.
This study reveals a decidedly dark side of human nature and makes me questions the stereotypes we have, but I instantly thought of Estelle Getty in "Stop or My Mom Will Shoot!". Am I the only one who misses Sty Stallone in Action Comedies?
While this study was conducted in a purely academic environment, the recent passing of Amendment 64 in Colorado, combined with the ruling to allow concealed carry on campus should make for a stoned, well armed and trigger happy populous. At least we are well educated.....
"Both the police and student subjects were most likely to shoot at blacks, then Hispanics, then whites and finally, in a case of what might be called a positive bias, Asians, researchers found.
This study reveals a decidedly dark side of human nature and makes me questions the stereotypes we have, but I instantly thought of Estelle Getty in "Stop or My Mom Will Shoot!". Am I the only one who misses Sty Stallone in Action Comedies?
While this study was conducted in a purely academic environment, the recent passing of Amendment 64 in Colorado, combined with the ruling to allow concealed carry on campus should make for a stoned, well armed and trigger happy populous. At least we are well educated.....