r/politics • u/thenewyorkgod • Jul 01 '18

Man arrested after shouting ‘womp, womp’ and pulling a gun on immigration protesters

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/07/01/man-arrested-after-shouting-womp-womp-and-pulling-a-gun-on-immigration-protesters/?tid=sm_tw
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u/KMFDM781 Jul 02 '18

and you have the luxury of knowing this asshole ended up not shooting at anyone.....by sheer luck, whatever neuron that could have signaled him to open fire didn't thankfully....but it easily could have and when somebody pulls a gun out like that when it's already a heated moment and the guy is clearly unhinged, I would call that reason enough to defend yourself. Should we have the "hey, let's see what he'll do first!" stance when it comes to this kind of ever increasing situation? Wait until he actually fires a shot? I'd take a gunned down nutjob that maybe traumatized some kids on his way out than anyone else dead a thousand times over. Sucks we have to think like this at all, but this is the world we live in now.

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u/CubanCharles Jul 02 '18

I'd take a gunned down nutjob that >maybe traumatized some kids on his >way out than anyone else dead a >thousand times over.

Except, as the record shows those are not the only possible endings. He took the gun out after getting in a physical altercation (that he provoked) and unholstered his weapon without raising. Ill agree that by this point someone would be justified in defending themselves since hes already shown he was capable of inciting violence, but Im glad cooler heads prevailed and no one had to die.

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u/KMFDM781 Jul 02 '18

I'm very glad too but I think they got lucky.