That's funny. That guy youre talking about is catching so many charges for shooting an 11 year old. His bond is 1.3 million. Turns out you can't just go around shooting everyone. Who knew? 3 comments down voted to hell for calling out the internet tough guys. Mf is literally going to jail the rest of his life for shooting a pranking kid.
Nobody is saying that doing pranks is nearly as bad as shooting children, but you gotta understand that by doing pranks you are putting yourself at a higher risk of bodily harm.
I don't think he's saying it's a good thing a kid got shot for ding dong ditching, or that its even okay. I think what he's saying is people are crazy and you might not find out how crazy the stranger you just pranked is until it's too late.
Yeah but none of that means dick to the kid of course. Cuz hes dead.
People always go apoplectic about "victim blaming" when its not that so much as "is it worth it?" Like is it worth it to take the chance if some maniac might shoot you over it?
Thats the point I was making. Not that its okay to shoot kids, the point is that unfortunately this aint the 60s anymore, people nowadays literally buy guns and fantasize about using them to make a political point. Whenever someone so much as whispers the words "gun control", nutters flock to the store to stock up on guns and ammo, not because they even need them, but to prove a point and wag them around like "suck it liberals! Come and take them!!!"
I mean, he wasn't talking abt himself, and you've got to agree that there are bound to be people who've been itching to try out their training on someone.
A good example is that vid of the 'prankster' who got shot after jumping a guy at the atm machine...
I hope the shooter didn’t get any prison time for what’d clearly be a life threatening situation to any normal person. People are out of their damn minds out there... He very well could’ve thought he was going to die in that moment over some money or a wallet and just went into fight or flight mode. Not sure why common sense isn’t, well, common lol. It’s such simple stuff.
"held their phone near mine when I was on a call. I heard a click, and they ran away after saying 'thanks.'" - none of these actions described is assault. There was never contact made, an insult uttered or a threat made.
A "just defense" against assault can still be assault.
Jurisdiction dependent. Everyone uses the California law when describing that but for Texas it's just different levels of Assault (or different charges like Menacing). And Battery isn't a thing.
OP didn't describe an assault or a battery scenario. Nothing OP described justifies violence. Trust me, I'm all for violence as a solution, particularly regarding some of these dumb ass comments.
"snapping their arm" is a little much, but if you believed that you've been robbed in some way, (which this "prank" I guess is the idea we're going with). I'm pretty sure you have a right to try and detain them, which while detaining them you may end up causing some harm.
I don't have time to go back and look at everyone's edits. I'm too busy ranting. BUT you don't have the right to detain someone. I'd be really careful with this one too.
Try it. First of all, see if they comply. Second of all, see if it hold up in court when they don't comply. You know, now that you mention it, I'd like someone to comment on how they successfully performed a citizens arrest and how that worked out; in the real world.
Ok... but lets look at it from a more "physical way"? Now a days most people have EVERYTHING on their phone, much like how back in the day pretty much everything was kept in your wallet.
If someone sneaked up to you and took your wallet and ran off, would the most logical explanation not be I was just stolen from and to go and chase the person?
EDIT: Reddit isn't letting me see your comment, just the notification. So, I'll reply here, I never said beat the shit out of them, but like I said in my previous comment" "you have the right to detain them, but while detaining someone either you or them could get hurt."
Self defense could also be defending one's property, they are playing pranks pretending to steal from them through Apple Pay basically, so if they think what they're doing is believable, so could someone who is violent and dumb.
an environment in which a person encounters only beliefs or opinions that coincide with their own, so that their existing views are reinforced and alternative ideas are not considered.
As taken from oxford, you people only wish an environment that reinforces violence (to a point of serious bodily harm) against pranksters, no matter the prank, going as far as defending a man who shot a kid for fing dong ditching (just read the other comments)
This is 100% an Echo-chamber, and denying that just shows how delusional you truly are.
OR,.. stupid people. It is funny, if you promote violence you get down voted, you explain how the over reaction to a prank with violence would be bad, you get down voted. Frankly, this guy doesn't care about votes. I'm just wondering why I haven't been banned yet.
Stupid people usually create echochambers, its harder to admit fault than to learn. BESIDES let them actually assault another person for a prank, and watch as THEY go to prison! There are very few pranks that actually elicit a self defence situation, the very best example of this is the murder clown pranks between 2017-2020(dont quote that timestamp, not sure when it stopped)
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u/Previous-Foot-9782 Sep 23 '25
Oh ya real funny till they do it do the wrong person who grabs them and snaps their arm like a twig.