“It is often the case that police shootings, incidents where law
enforcement officers pull the trigger on civilians, are left out of the
conversation on gun violence. But a police officer shooting a civilian counts as gun violence.
Every time an officer uses a gun against an innocent or an unarmed
person contributes to the culture of gun violence in this
country.”—Journalist Celisa Calacal
Legally owning a gun in America could get you killed by a government agent.
While it still technically remains legal to own a firearm in America, possessing one can now get you pulled over, searched, arrested, subjected to all manner of surveillance, treated as a suspect without ever having committed a crime, shot at and killed.
