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Mary Anne — (archived)

If someone were shooting at you, would it cause you to slow down? Would you necessarily know that it was "friendly fire"? Do the bullets have little contrails that say "USA" or "WARNING"?

This hasn't been the first incident in which people have been killed near checkpoints for not slowing down after having been shot at as a "warning". Somebody needs to put psychology and procedure together to observe where they conflict.

Can we not "warn" people without using the tools with which people are killed to do it? Warning shots work in the movies because everyone has read the script.

And another thing: do you know how the Italians drive? For them, that may not have been considered "speeding". That may have been considered a moderate speed of approach, until someone started shooting at them.

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