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He found that the photos and video were critical for an investigation into the alleged arson of SPD vehicles and theft of police guns

Given the wildly lax gun laws in the United States, I imagine that the folks who took these guns could've just as easily driven over to Wade's in Bellevue and bought themselves something equally lethal. No reason why we should uniquely be having such a freakout over guns disappearing from a Seattle PD car.

(setting aside a general freakout over US gun laws. Also, hi downvoters.)

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Replace the word "guns" with any other type of property, and read your comment again.

"Given the wildly lax sandwich laws in the United States, I imagine that the folks who took these sandwiches could've just as easily driven over to Wade's in Bellevue and bought themselves something equally lethal. No reason why we should uniquely be having such a freakout over sandwiches disappearing from a Seattle PD car"

I'm a brit so I don't know anything about guns but I'm assuming they're more dangerous than a bread-based food, which may be be the point.

Yeah, there's a lot of lack of self-awareness going on in that statement. "Excuse me while I ride my death machine over to a store."

Presumably if you go to Wade's in Bellevue and buy a gun there's some sort of paper trail that can be useful in investigations should the gun be used in a crime.

In general, people who steal guns don't leave their name and address.

This comment blatantly breaks the guidelines and yet nobody flags it. But when I make a benign comment that has a pro-conservative sentiment, it’s instantly flagged and responded to by Dan.

That doesn't sound likely.

Complaints like this never come with links, because supplying the relevant link would reveal the untold part of the story and allow readers to make up their own minds: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

It’s a fact that the guidelines are bendy. It’s a fact that comments that break guidelines but have a liberal sentiment get flagged and danged much, much less often than the same comments with conservative sentiment. That is a fact and I invite everyone who reads this censored and flagged comment to see for themselves.

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