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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)The diversion began with your dive into speculations about the hypothetical death of the victim. It was hardly related to the post you replied to, which prompted my own hypothetical, a hypothetical that, despite being pretty obvious, didn't appear occur to you. I was trying, evidently in vain, to redirect your wondering thoughts back to the subject of the post you were replying to, which was, concurrent with the OP, about the "good guy with a gun" myth.. Well, no good deed goes unpunished.
And I did not imply that the gun is necessary for a robbery. In fact, the part you quote states explicitly, with no hint of being implicit, that a gun was both a motivating and an aggravating factor on both sides in the robbery and the violence that followed, to the demonstrable detriment of the "good guy with a gun". And, as you discovered yourself, the same sentiment applies to 82% of armed robberies. But that was not my point, I just happened to be right on the subject. Nor did I take "sides" with those who were, in your words, "laughing at the victim". Once again, I explicitly stated that my "side" only includes those who illustrate just how detached from reality the "good guy with a gun" nonsense is. Funny how hard you are trying to avoid THAT subject.