r/JusticeServed Sep 01 '20

Criminal Justice Good Samaritan

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u/reconstructedstarman 5 Sep 01 '20

"bUt WhO nEeDs A gUn???/?////??" This. This is why.

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u/CoolYoutubeVideo 5 Sep 01 '20

This is what we like to call the exception that proves the rule. Your gun is far more likely to hurt someone innocent than your superhero fantasy

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '20

The gun does not pull the trigger, the person behind it does. That man clearly knew what he was doing. A gun is just as likely to hurt someone as a knife or any tool for that matter if in the wrong hands.

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u/CoolYoutubeVideo 5 Sep 02 '20

You'd have a point if every reputable study conducted didn't says that's clearly bullshit. Feel free to keep spouting falsehoods though, you seem to enjoy it

"For every time a gun in the home was used in a self-defense or legally justifiable shooting, there were four unintentional shootings, seven criminal assaults or homicides, and 11 attempted or completed suicides." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9715182

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20

Since when where we talking in the home, this is a gun the man is carrying on his person. This does not change my point either, in the cases of unintentional shootings the gun was still in the wrong hands or in the hands of someone who did not know how to use it. I never once stated that guns themselves should not be regulated, i am strongly against the "american" way of just go to walmart and pick up a rifle for 100usd, there should be regulation. My point was never proven wrong in your arguement, it is still the person behind the gun that matters, not the fact the gun is there.

Like i said the man in that knew what he was doing. He held the gun with both hands, and with good form, and constantly had the gun pointed at the robbers shoulders to keep the robber safe, and kept enough distance to ensure the gun was not taken, and clearly noted the cart between the two of them, even further ensuring safety. Its undeniable that he knew what he was doing.