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because you argue that an armed bystander shooting at the gunman MIGHT hit someone not intended to be shot.....

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Jun 12 '14, 11:24

but you chalk up 3 less deaths as progress.

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less deaths are better, yes. - Reagen Jun 12, 11:30 18
- you could have zero people dead if an armed citizen gets the shooter first. - groiny Jun 12, 11:32 17
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  - as we've recently seen, that scenario is more likely to end with one more dead citizen. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 11:33 5
    - small sample size. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 12, 11:35 4
      - You're off in Rambo Fantasy Land. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 11:36 3
        
        if a gunman has to stop to deal with another shooter, doesn't it make sense that - groiny Jun 12, 11:38 2
        
        again, experience shows us otherwise. -- nm - Reagen Jun 12, 11:41
        
        There are hundreds of millions of guns in the US and shooters are *not* being stopped. This argument is fallacy -- nm - zork Jun 12, 11:41
  - that's a pretty big if. - znufrii Jun 12, 11:33 6
    - BUT IT IS POSSIBLE! -- nm - groiny Jun 12, 11:34 5
      - a lot of things are possible. - znufrii Jun 12, 11:36 4
        
        but, you said you are fine with speedbumps! -- nm - groiny Jun 12, 11:36 3
        
        Because speed bumps, by design, mitigate risk by controlling behavior, they don't add to it. - znufrii Jun 12, 11:38 2
        
        no, speed bumps are there to cause something or someone to pause. - groiny Jun 12, 11:40 1
        
        which smaller magazines does accomplish -- nm - zork Jun 12, 11:42
  - why would he shoot the person if they hadn't shot anyone? -- nm - Beaker Jun 12, 11:33 2
    - shot, not killed. the gunmen do not have a 1 to 1 shot to kill ratio. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 12, 11:34 1
      - neither does a would=be heroic bystander returning fire -- nm - znufrii Jun 12, 11:44

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