This is about the cops and their propensity to use deadly force on non-threats. So yeah, it's also about the guns. Guns are
consequence amplifying tools.
Had the cop pulled out a taser, the potential for killing that guy would have been reduced.
Yay. He didn't die. The 17 year-old kid who answered the door with his Wii controller in his hand wasn't slo lucky.
Georgia teen holding Wii remote shot by cops at his front door: family lawyer - NY Daily News