We do though. College students have the right to guns and the right to self-defense.
I have. I was in my home working late, when an intruder broke into my living room with a handgun. I heard the noise, grabbed my Remington. I told him to drop his weapon, and let me ziptie his hands. He tried shooting me, I hit him with two shells. He died within minutes.
You have no idea what it's like to be a lawful gun owner, and explain to the police why there's a dead man in your living room that you just shot. I was arrested that night and sat in jail for a week while they tried to determine if I had murdered man. Keep in mind, at the time I lived in a Castle Doctrine state, it's legal to shoot intruders in self defense.
Anyways long story short, and a few hundred thousand dollars later in court and legal fees, I was acquitted. Fortunately I had security footage of the intruder on my back porch, otherwise I might still be in jail.
Self-defense and 2A is NOT the same power as the police. Nor should it, no one should have absolute violent authority.
Police shootings are almost always defensive shootings. Maybe you might disagree with the rationale behind the need to apply deadly force in some specific situation - fine - but that doesn't suddenly mean police have some 007 "License to Kill" or anything.
The police are flatly not allowed to indiscriminately shoot people - just like a citizen isn't allowed either. There's very few police shootings when compared to the volume of interactions they have nation-wide every year. When there are shootings, they are reviewed to determine if there was a crime committed - and punished if there was.
Perhaps criminal review and punishment need to be stepped up? But just because there's some agencies that don't hold some officers to the same standards as everyone else doesn't mean it's like that everywhere.
Call someone out for using a fake story about killing another human being just to further a point?
To anyone experienced or knowledgeable about defensive shootings and home invasions - the story above reads like the author watched too many action movies.
Positively ID'ed an armed intruder and then proceeded to have a complete conversation with said armed intruder in the middle of the night? Asked the armed intruder to allow him to "ziptie" their hands? The armed intruder doesn't run away at first signs that someone is home or awake, and still doesn't run when the occupant reveals themselves to be armed? Then proceeded to have a shootout with the intruder and somehow placed two accurate shots on target from across a room or hallway? All with adrenaline and a cocktail of other mind-altering, body trembling, dexterity-inhibiting chemicals surging through their body? Total BS.
Then went to jail for a week and couldn't apparently afford bail even though they then spent hundreds of thousands on an apparent criminal investigation for suspected murder (says they might still be in jail to this day) even though there's an armed dead intruder lying in the room after a forced entry? In a "Castle Doctrine State"? Ya, that doesn't happen either.
Most people can't speak coherently with all that going on, let alone fire accurate shots either. It's a myth "you can't miss" with a shotgun. At average room or hallway distances, the spread is about 5 inches or less with 00 Buck, and usually those shots are fired from the low-ready or hip positions due to the immediacy of the situation. It's pretty darn easy to miss in a situation like that.
The entire story is either grossly exaggerated, or completely made up. All for what? To appear to be arguing from some position of authority and make people accept OP's argument as fact? That's appalling, and it's things like this that make responsible gun owners look bad.
>and a few hundred thousand dollars later in court and legal fees
This is not legal advice. In the future, please consider not talking to the police for any reason. Please also consider buying legal insurance for self-defense incidents.
Aside from that, I don't see what your point is. The power to defend yourself with violence is a legal right that Americans have in practice in most states. In Texas people with licenses to concealed carry end up committing fewer unjustified killings per capita than the police. They seem to be wielding their rights just fine.
This means that, unlike police, college students who hurt someone are going to be arrested, tried and very possibly convicted.