• octopus_ink@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    It is, however, one of the outcomes, and is not represented. I’m not demanding it should be added, but I think it makes the “Good guy with a gun” argument even weaker.

    No fucking way I’m pulling out my gun if I think there’s a >0 possibility Police are on the scene. Now I have to not only worry about taking care of the bad guy, but also about being shot to death by police.

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      2 months ago

      How many of those 12 citizens that stopped the attacker had that happen too?

      Personally I don’t think it’s worth sacrificing the clarity of the image with even more rare specifics.

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        2 months ago

        Well out of 12, there were 4 posted when the good guy with a gun dies. That isn’t including any of the ones we don’t know about, but that would be a 33% that you would die if you are a good guy with a gun and you “save the day.”

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        2 months ago

        Man, it’s just a point of discussion. I literally said I’m not demanding it should be added.

        And, in the examples I gave, at least two of them did stop the attacker before being killed by police.