TattoodGirl TattoodGirl:
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He is wrong though. It happened so fast and so unexpected that the boy was likely dead before anybody could have reacted and its just as likely that in the ensuing panic that person with a gun might have shot an innocent bystander or worse yet lost that gun with the killer getting it.
The psycho walked to the front of the bus with his head in his hand...theres time to take him down. Yes the poor kid was probably dead as soon as he hit the corroded artery, but it would take time to cut his head off. I have been at the scene of decapitations and those of fatal neck wounds...lets just say the decapitations stay with you. I would prefer to see someone taken out before they destroy the body...the family shouldnt have to view their son in that state.
A well trained gun owner knows how to use a gun and when...I dont think we should hand out guns like the US...that would be chaos, but there are some of us that know how to use and respect what can happen when mishandled.
If you take him down then you eliminate all the reasons I just mentioned and they are important ones that I feel override any form of instant justice/
As for a well trained gun owner? Why is it that very pro-gun argument seems to suggest that the average joe citizen who happens to witness a brutal event is a cool methodical marksman of the jason bourne variety?
You watch cops and see how many shootouts involve highly trained police hitting nothing. Hell, just last week I saw the episode where during a routine stop the 2 criminals turned and fired about a clip each at the cop who was no more then 3 feet away when they started fireing and they missed him completely.
There is every reason to believe that untrained civilians attempting to use their guns in that type of situation can escalate it to a spiralling worse situation which is further complicated when the cops do show up and don't know who is who.