Nevada GOPer: You Can Point Guns At Cops If They Aim At You First

[Pangean]

Outspoken Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore (R) said in a recent interview that Americans maintain the right to point a gun at anyone who takes aim at them—including law enforcement officers.

“I would never ever point my firearm at anyone, including an officer of the law, unless they pointed their firearm at me,” Fiore told KLAS-8 host Steve Sebelius in an interview flagged Tuesday by ThinkProgress. “Now once you point your firearm at me, I’m sorry, then it becomes self-defense. Whether you’re a stranger, a bad guy, or an officer, and you point your gun at me and you’re gonna shoot me and I have to decide whether it’s my life or your life, I choose my life.”

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewir...nt-guns-police

Are there actually other GOP folks or other right wingers that actually believe this?

[jaykco]

Only if the cop is white and the subject is black?

[Independent voter]

Cops these days would shoot you like a dog.

[Damajin]

Outspoken Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore (R) said in a recent interview that Americans maintain the right to point a gun at anyone who takes aim at them—including law enforcement officers.

“I would never ever point my firearm at anyone, including an officer of the law, unless they pointed their firearm at me,” Fiore told KLAS-8 host Steve Sebelius in an interview flagged Tuesday by ThinkProgress. “Now once you point your firearm at me, I’m sorry, then it becomes self-defense. Whether you’re a stranger, a bad guy, or an officer, and you point your gun at me and you’re gonna shoot me and I have to decide whether it’s my life or your life, I choose my life.”

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewir...nt-guns-police

Are there actually other GOP folks or other right wingers that actually believe this?

That's REALLY far out there on the potential list of things I'd do but faced with a crooked or abusive cop who is likely to shoot you then yes I'd agree. The situation that leads to that would be pretty drastic and almost moviesque in the drama department but I think everyone who takes up firearms has a 'last resort' threshold where anyone is fair game.

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.... Thank god we live in this SJW race war wonder land.

Thanks virtue signaling college students.

[Pangean]

That's REALLY far out there on the potential list of things I'd do but faced with a crooked or abusive cop who is likely to shoot you then yes I'd agree. The situation that leads to that would be pretty drastic and almost moviesque in the drama department but I think everyone who takes up firearms has a 'last resort' threshold where anyone is fair game.

Yeah but as you point outside of movie-like situation that threshold is pretty high. And based on posters here, you point a gun at a cop for any reason, you deserve to be shot.

Of course she also was on the side of the Bundy Bunch in Oregon and their view of cops is more than a bit different of many other folks.

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.... Thank god we live in this SJW race war wonder land.

Thanks virtue signaling college students.

WTF? No discussion of race war going here sunshine. I understand your focus on that subject but don't feel a need to see it in discussion where it doesn't exist.

[Hiricine]

Outspoken Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore (R) said in a recent interview that Americans maintain the right to point a gun at anyone who takes aim at them—including law enforcement officers.

“I would never ever point my firearm at anyone, including an officer of the law, unless they pointed their firearm at me,” Fiore told KLAS-8 host Steve Sebelius in an interview flagged Tuesday by ThinkProgress. “Now once you point your firearm at me, I’m sorry, then it becomes self-defense. Whether you’re a stranger, a bad guy, or an officer, and you point your gun at me and you’re gonna shoot me and I have to decide whether it’s my life or your life, I choose my life.”

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewir...nt-guns-police

Are there actually other GOP folks or other right wingers that actually believe this?

You do have a right to defend yourself from police absent you committing a crime or presenting a danger to someone. For example, if you just finished robbing a bank and the police point a gun at you, you don't have the right to defend yourself from them. If you're casually walking down the street minding your own business and the police start firing at you, you might be dumb or suicidal to try to fire back at that point, but you absolutely have a right to defend yourself.