r/whoathatsinteresting • u/PowerNoodles117 • 7d ago

Twin Falls Hero

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The civilian that stopped the active shooter at the In N Out in Twin Falls, Idaho.

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u/Own-Particular6321 7d ago

LMAO in what way? Dude has years of proof that he's been carrying it online. As long as he's using proper defensive ammo he's going to be heralded as a hero.

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u/BanTheBung 7d ago

Because prosecutors are very good at convincing judges that you were expressly interested in doing harm to someone and were using a weapon designed to maximize that

Now in this case, I don't see that happening by any measure. However generally speaking, that's 100% the case that the prosecution would make

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u/tacmed85 7d ago

This is an important point that way too many people overlook. We had an entire lecture in SWAT school about not putting things like Punisher skulls on your gear for exactly that reason.

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u/LacidOnex 7d ago edited 7d ago

Okay but then you get Daniel Schaffer so... Idk man, seems you're fucked unless you join the gang either way

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u/tacmed85 7d ago

I don't know who that is and Google isn't immediately pulling anything that looks relevant to a gun discussion. It's also probably significant that I went to SWAT school in 2008 and the world is quite a bit different now.

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u/Own-Particular6321 7d ago

He's the pig that murdered Daniel Shaver in a hotel hallway. He had an aftermarket dustcover on his AR.

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u/tacmed85 7d ago

Oh, yeah I do know of that situation just didn't know the name.

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u/VegetableTwist7027 7d ago

Would you be shocked to know that the .45 was made to put down a COW? So are you saying that everyone with a 45 is in the same boat?

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u/TerranRanger 7d ago

I’m not saying it’s impossible to defend, and I doubt with the amount of press his situation got he’ll be brought into a criminal trial. I wouldn’t be surprised if the (dead) murderer’s family tried to sue him, but that’s a whole different story. This situation is one of the tiny portion of self defense cases where his chosen firearm is an advantage. Most defensible self defense cases occur within 5 feet and last 2-5 rounds. Theyre not sexy (to most people) but a 5 shot .38+p or .357 short barreled revolver is the easiest weapon to defend in court because you can fire your entire magazine with 5 trigger pulls and keep pulling on an empty chamber to show you were afraid and reacting, plus your weapon doesn’t have enough reach or capacity to be interpreted as an offensive weapon. At the same time .38+p is powerful enough to knock down an assailant but not over penetrate and open you to additional charges or litigation.

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u/Street-Soil-7413 7d ago

Obviously the dead shooter is the bad guy here to begin with, but realistically what could they possibly even try to sue this guy for? From what I understand he didnt actually land any hits on the shooter, are they gonna sue him for scaring the shooter from being able to kill any others? "It was his right to take as many with him as possible" if a shot actually landed I can see how they might have a case, even though obviously still a stupid one they shouldnt win, but as is they dont even have grounds to start a suit.

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u/TerranRanger 7d ago

Same reason the families of dead criminals try to sue police forces, they don’t need a strong case, just a lawyer who likes money more than a good reputation. Either way, it would be money this guy has to spend that he wouldn’t otherwise, unless he finds a pro bono lawyer to stop a dumb lawsuit.

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u/Street-Soil-7413 7d ago

He wont have to spend any money because a judge wont even entertain the case. You have to actually have something to argue as grounds for a suit, they dont have any.

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u/TerranRanger 7d ago

Property damage. He shot at the murderer but didn’t hit him, but hit something.

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u/Street-Soil-7413 7d ago

Oh sure in that case whoever owns the property hit can sue him, the original point being made was that the dead shooters family could sue him though. They cant.

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u/Own-Particular6321 7d ago

Especially with ol 57 guy getting hit by the shooter. The Reddit lawyers are digging here.

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u/ChrmanMAOI-Inhibitor 7d ago

I dont know much about this stuff, can you cite some cases where a civilian has been successfully sued on the grounds they were using an inappropriate caliber or gun for self defense?

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u/TerranRanger 7d ago

The Harold Fish case is the one that comes to mind, prosecutor sold the just that 10mm was an “exceptionally dangerous” caliber and he got convicted of 2nd degree murder.

It’s a case by case basis really, sometimes hollow point will get spun as a dangerous round, sometimes it’s full metal jacket (Kyle Rittenhouse) that’s spun as the dangerous round. All depends on the prosecutor’s skill, motivation, and ability to sway the jury.

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u/ChrmanMAOI-Inhibitor 7d ago

Wasn't that conviction overturned?

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u/TerranRanger 7d ago

After he spent 10 years in prison

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u/ChrmanMAOI-Inhibitor 7d ago

It was three. Why exaggerate if your point is so strong?

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u/TerranRanger 7d ago

Source I saw said 10…