The ONLY way this could have been prevented is if the teen had an ACTUAL Gun and shot the Security Guard first! And the ONLY way to prevent THAT situation would be if the Security Guard shot the teen first! There's LITERALLY no other way we could play this scenario out!
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I'm so tired of hearing this argument.
Of course there's a better way this could be resolved, no matter how much you try to pretend otherwise.
A cop could shoot both of them and their dogs. And that's peak freedom. Maybe think about that next time.
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When there’s a shitload of people carrying around hammers there’s going to be a bunch of them trying to find a nail.
Get this man a badge!
It's not the BB gun that got the kid killed. He literally put the gun on the ground and had his hands up.
It's because the "security guard" is a stupid, trigger-happy moron.
I agree, but for clarification it was a different teen whom he shot, who still had his BB gun.
There were 3 teens, two with BB guns. The first dropped his and was on the ground, straddled by Shooter McFuckhead when the second, still standing, was shot.
Thank god there was a "good guy with a gun" there. Otherwise nobody would have died!
To make things clear (and worse), this man wasn't even on the job! Nobody asked him to do this! He just dropped his kid off for a class nearby and decided it was his duty to shoot anyone he deemed suspicious.
See, it's this bullshit. This well-intentioned man, actively employed in a fashion that would train him, fucked up, and killed someone's child. When it comes to the use of deadly force, there is no take-backs, no do-overs, no second chances. How many people handle guns perfectly? Now take that person with perfect gun knowledge and drop them in a situation where they don't know everything, are only given a small glimpse of what could be a weapon, and BAM, you have a tragic loss of life because in reality, 99% of the time it's just somebody being stupid, and not doing anything that should result in their death.
well-intentioned
No. The article says
conduct “overwatch”
Meaning off the clock surveillance, for the purpose of engaging in vigilantism.
I meant that, in his mind, he had "good intentions." That's where the distinction comes in, as everyone walking around with a gun, is really just waiting for their moment to "save the day." And when you go looking for something, odds are you'll find it. And by that I mean that they'll assume whatever scenario their in IS their moment to "save the day," as they ultimately ignore contrary evidence and push aside any doubts as to the situations innocence, because they want so badly to be seen as a hero that saved the day.
Dude decided to play cowboy, found himself a situation in which he saw two teenagers with what looked like weapons, ignored the fact that they weren't attempting to conceal themselves or their "weapons," ignored their body language and demeanor, ignored his doubts, and killed somebodys child. And that, ultimately, is going to be the fate of most people who walk around with guns, you're going to end up hurting someone close to you, or someone entirely innocent, and then you'll spend the rest of your life unable to sleep or rest because you decided deadly force was necessary when it absolutely wasn't.
Right so again, not well intentioned. Delusional.
I just want to step in here and say: you're arguing over the dumbest thing. Stop trying to pick a fight when you agree with the overall sentiment of what they're trying to say.
It's not dumb to call out apologetic framing in commentary. This dude doesn't need kid gloves, and what other people like him need is a very clear description of what's right and wrong here. This isn't a grey area. If you go out and use your personal firearm to police other people, you are a vigilante. If you don't think you are engaging in vigilantism, you are delusional.
Main stream news should be responsible enough to call a spade a spade in these cases.
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Jesus Christ, this dude freaked out seeing kids taking a BB Gun into a sporting goods store.
Christ knows what this guy thinks seeing people go to a gun range.
Ranges (that have staff at all) mostly require guns to be cased or holstered, you'll get kicked out waving one around all willy nilly.
These are also a thing, very real looking BB guns.
Though from the description given in the post it seems the kid was shot after he put the gun down? That's a bad shoot if so.
This is a bad shooting no matter what. HE approached the kids. He instigated the confrontation. He murdered a child. There is no room for any other narrative here.
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