• Pohl@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I’m not going to call anyone who has drawn a loaded weapon an “innocent”. All belligerents are a danger to me and the people I car about. If they have badges, dangerous. If they are criminals, dangerous. If they are fuck up idiot vigilantes, dangerous.

    The good guy with a gun is an insidious myth from Hollywood movies. If you’re not at the range or hunting, your gun makes you a risk to public safety. And as soon as it is drawn, you are a BAD GUY.

    • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      I’m not going to call anyone who has drawn a loaded weapon an “innocent”.

      I was referring to the dead kids caught in the cross fire.

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      7 months ago

      Also consider that if the cops get called to an active shooter scenario and you’re the ‘good guy with a gun’ that just took down the ‘bad guy’ … well, now you’re the active shooter.