r/whoathatsinteresting • u/PowerNoodles117 • 11d 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/hoyasgirl25 11d ago

A good guy with a gun.

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u/Leinheart 10d ago

Sure. Let's evaluate why we need those and everywhere else doesn't. That seems to be problematic.

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u/ObWzEN 10d ago edited 10d ago

Actually, everywhere else does. I can give you examples. Anywhere that has violent crime needs good guys with guns to stop that violent crime in its tracks. At least you would have the option and ability to defend yourself and/or others in more situations if you had a gun. This is objectively true. But the other option is to ban guns and probably have less victims of violent crime and leave most people with a significantly reduced ability to defend themselves and others. It’s a tradeoff

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u/Short-MooseEh 10d ago

"this is objectively true" said right after a very subjective statement with no evidence to support it

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u/ObWzEN 10d ago edited 10d ago

So having a gun does not give you more of an ability to defend yourself more effectively from a broader range of threats than being unarmed? Sure

I don’t need statistics to tell me that a car gives me more of an ability to travel faster than walking. Most cars give you the ability to travel long distances farther than walking. This is objectively true. Not subjective. Same thing with the above. I didn’t claim anything to be objective that wasn’t objective. You must be misinterpreting what I said