• TimeSquirrel
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    10 months ago

    The presence of a firearm itself may have been enough to make them think twice. I mean, do you normally try to assault someone who’s visibly carrying?

    • Flying Squid
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      1410 months ago

      You can get arrested for threatening someone with a firearm too. It wouldn’t have helped.

      • TimeSquirrel
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        Get assaulted, raped, possibly killed? Or deal with the arrest and after math of having defended yourself from such. I know which one I’d choose.

      • @Zippy@lemmy.world
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        210 months ago

        The majority of people likely would have a difficult time pulling the trigger even if they did brandish a gun. Possibly more so with women.

        So now you have any escalated situation with a much higher chance of death for the person holding the gun.