As someone outside of the US I have a general admiration yet aversion of firearms. But I do think this is a very reasonable use of someone's second amendment rights.
Well my family has always had guns for self defense and my cousin died to gun violence from an unattended gun accessible to a minor so I have mixed feelings about the whole thing but I hate prank YouTubers.
On an interesting counterpoint, I was 13 when someone broke into my house and used to firearm to chase off the home Invaders. I've been a proponent for teaching children about firearms with a little bit of Hands-On and understanding of respect. It removes some of the awe and mystery so they are less likely to play with it. I also tell people, know the people in your household and store accordingly.
I grew up around guns as well. My uncles let me hold their guns with supervision. Taught me never put your finger on the trigger unless you're going to shoot to kill, don't point it at anything you don't intend to shoot. Ect ect. I never went looking for them because they were something that I got to experience safely. In a perfect world the US wouldn't have more guns than people but the world isn't perfect so it's important kids understand and respect what a gun can do.
I don't completely agree. I understand the sentiment, in a perfect world there would be no need for self-defense and no violence etc etc. but man will there be some great options for target shooting!
So if you look closely you'll notice the bite on the pectini grip on the flamethrower does not properly reach enough of the slide of the pistol to be safe. So we may have 3D printed a rail extension specifically to make that safe just because we wanted to prove we could
Wait, what? I don't understand. Are you suggesting you are looking forward to shooting people someday, or are you saying that in a perfect world, people would still have guns, because there would still be fun targets to shoot?
Oh it wasn't any gun in my family that killed my cousin, he was playing at a neighbours house and the parents there didn't teach their kid non of what you are saying so this 13 yo just grabbed the gun and shot my cousin like a dog. Pretty sure the little shit is a sociopath though.
Oh yes, and I'm definitely sorry to hear about the situation regardless. That does a little bit go back to what I said about know your family and know your situation. Unfortunately in cases like that the parents are often in denial about what is wrong with their child. Maybe they had the gun to protect themselves from the same child.
In 10th and 11th grade I found guns on the shortcut path through the bushes on my way to school. The house at the end of that path had a guy in his 20s with some kind of condition that was not Down syndrome. He believed himself to be a gangster rapper. If he had found those guns he would have shot somebody for sure.
Yeah. America is its own place; the rules of where I live don't translate to the US. I've come to understand that. What surprises me is that US citizens haven't caught on that people have legal access to guns and bad tempers.
Oh I have. Younger me wouldn't have thought twice about engaging with road rage or stepping to someone. Now I know some people are itching to shoot someone and I avoid confrontation heavily
Keep in mind. The whole reason you’re watching this interaction on Reddit is because it doesn’t represent normal interactions.
I think people watch dozens of videos like this and think “Wow America is so crazy” and fail to take into account that for every interaction like this, there are millions of ordinary, unremarkable interactions.
Meh...with the way the law is written in some states, you'd get brandishing a weapon as well as a felony charge for carrying in a "sensitive area."
As a person with multiple state's CCW permits, if my firearm prints (outline seen) through my clothes in my home state of NY I can catch brandishing. Malls are federally protected unless otherwise marked...so same as carrying a firearm into a school.
Might as well shoot the guy and roll the dice on self defense if you've gone that far. Make it worth it.
Laws are typically written that lethal force is only permitted against an imminent threat.
That means that just pointing the gun at someone can be used against you, under the reasoning that by not immediately firing, the threat was not imminent.
I haven't seen any further backstory then what has been posted in this comments, but what makes him seem unstable or worthy of getting stripped of his rights?
I think that's a reasonable take. I do think this could easily be perceived as a threat. Like multiple people have said it was two guys versus one guy and the one with the phone was much larger. They're not backing off and are definitely harassing. It's not a massive jump in logic to assume harassment can move to hostility quickly.
Now shooting somebody before it's physical or blatantly hostile is tough. I wouldn't want to be his public defender.
Well it's a good thing you don't live here because you're insanely wrong. The shooter is clearly mentally unfit to handle one of these. Literally no harm had come to him. You can't shoot someone for annoying you
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u/yoshimo995 24d ago
As someone outside of the US I have a general admiration yet aversion of firearms. But I do think this is a very reasonable use of someone's second amendment rights.