This past weekend, I was at my parents place (Dad 87, mom 82). One of dad's friends was there with his wife, who was an active member of the local Republican Party. Of course, we talk about current events and I was shocked that "Bill" wanted to argue that the Ferguson, MO cop who shot the "unarmed teen" eight times was guilty of using "excessive force." His argument was simple, really: Eights shots was too many.
I asked him ho many shots would qualify as "appropriate force." His answer, "Just a couple. Maybe one or two."
I replied, "what if your first two or three missed?"
All he wanted to argue was that eight was too many. I responded that the cop stopped when the threat was eliminated. By the one in the head and the one in Brown's eye, his final two shots. Again, all Bill could say was "eight shots is excessive force."
The only explanation I have for "Bill's" warped sense of proportion is that his family has probably voted Democrat for the last hundred years and he is only lately coming around to the party of reduced government spending.