Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: So who makes up the RW trolls here? [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)you don't have a lot of time to ponder your attacker's motives, and very little reason to offer them the benefit of the doubt.
If they wanted to steal a bike, there's lots of non-violent ways to go about it. Happens all the time. Knocking someone to the ground from the height of a bike can outright kill someone, even a healthy, young person.
The attackers made a terrible mistake, and it wasn't even the first person they had attacked that day. Any one of their victims could have been seriously injured or killed.
You can offer an unprovoked attacker the benefit of the doubt, and more often than not, yeah, you'll probably survive. But if you're wrong, the outcome sort of sucks, and the moment you realize it, your options will have dwindled precipitously.