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In reply to the discussion: Here you go DU, one of those good guy with a gun stories. Sarcasm warning. [View all]Beastly Boy
(13,283 posts)We are talking about a "good guy with a gun vs a bad guy with a gun" myth here. So diverting from the subject into a discussion of weapons of choice in robberies misses the point, even if the numbers of robberies committed with a firearm is likely to outweigh the number of robberies committed with all other weapons combined.
And, while this is obviously not a laughing matter for me no matter how hard you try to lump my response with other responses unrelated to me or my post, it absolutely illustrates the laughably (hence the laughing coming from some corners, I guess) ridiculous "good guy with a gun" narrative. I hope I am making myself clear: I am not commenting on the merits of the two parties using firearms for their own respective ends, nor am I passing judgment on either one of them. I, like the OP, am commenting on the outcome, which, clearly, did not go well for the "good guy with a gun". And, judging by the damage inflicted in the skirmish, the bad guy clearly came up on top. Please try to stay on subject.