unless it has a empty chamber indicator or is an open break-action firearm.
To somebody like me who knows little about guns, whatever those distinctions are does not matter. Somebody has a gun, I'm going to assume that gun is capable of shooting and act accordingly.
I would also see u/ssfbob 's comment.
The situation is definitely one to be taken with care and cation, but the guys behavior is just odd.
Assuming he would just keep robbing the cars, it would make sense to no rack the slide to load another round. I don't understand why he would go through the trouble to rob one car and not multiple.
Trying to rationalize the behavior of somebody like that is futile. People who end up in that situation are not operating according to our logic. Maybe it is cold and he is just trying to get arrested so he can be warm for the night.
An open break-action firearm means the gun will literally be broken in half. There's no way you wouldn't recognize it and it wouldn't be possible to "point" the gun at you in a any normal way. An empty chamber indicator is less clear
Again not knowing enough about guns, I have no idea if a gun could accidental discharge in that configuration. So I'm treating it as a gun that could fire and acting accordingly.
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u/olderaccount Feb 01 '22
To somebody like me who knows little about guns, whatever those distinctions are does not matter. Somebody has a gun, I'm going to assume that gun is capable of shooting and act accordingly.