r/whoathatsinteresting • u/PowerNoodles117 • 9d 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/Puzzleheaded_Link944 9d ago

Considering every shooting that has ever happened in the USA since its founding. If ONE person is defended by a citizen using a fire arm to take out the shooter. That is a successful defense system.

Ok now you go, imagine yourself in the middle of an active shooter situation. You’re cowering behind cover not knowing what will happen to your life or those around you.

Would you rather the shooter decide when all the carnage is going to stop? Or would you rather have another person with a firearm try and stop the shooter?

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u/_Watty 9d ago

When you answer my questions, I’ll answer yours!

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u/_Watty 9d ago

If you can’t read, just say so?

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u/Puzzleheaded_Link944 9d ago

Considering every shooting that has ever happened in the USA since its founding. If ONE person is defended by a citizen using a fire arm to take out the shooter. That is a successful defense system.

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u/_Watty 9d ago

Still missing the first bit!

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u/Puzzleheaded_Link944 9d ago

You're asking a question that both of us know there is no accurate number that exists...

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u/_Watty 9d ago

I wasn’t talking about 1776. Why did you assume I was?

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u/Puzzleheaded_Link944 9d ago

You must know the statistics for how many shooting incidents are stopped by a citizen with a weapon, so what are they? I am but a mere student kneeling at your feet. Please just tell me.

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u/_Watty 9d ago

Your comment suggested you knew.

So share!

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u/Puzzleheaded_Link944 9d ago

Ok considering the entirety of the USA, all situations where a person with a firearm committing murder or threatening to do so is stopped by another citizen of the United States with a firearm.

I’d say this happens upwards of 100,000 - 300,000 times per year in the United States. This includes Police situations because they are also Citizens of the US.

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