03-19-2023, 10:47 PM
(03-19-2023, 10:08 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: This is exactly, word for word, what you said and i simply pointed out how it was incorrect.
My post showed that they are. Where and when they're used isn't solely determined on what part of town you are in.
As an aside to that, actual toy guns are used in real crimes as well. Some dude in Texas recently got blown away trying to rob a restaurant recently with a toy gun. I've also watched many youtube videos of people carrying toy guns, who were shot by police when they brandished them, in all kinds of neighborhoods.
To the point of where and when a real or toy gun is used, regardless of where the incident happens, if you are threatened, it would be silly, negligible and potentially deadly to your safety if you wait to see if the gun is real or not, because real crimes are committed by people who are carrying real guns and fake/toy guns.
I don't reply like Fredtoast because i ususally employ context, common sense and real-world expierence when i form a thought.
As a nice little added anecdote, just the other day, 3 teens came walking down the street where i work with what, upon closer inspection, looked like 3 assault type rifles that were cut out of wood and painted. If confronted with the decision, with the number of active shooters in the world today, how long do you wait before you decide to brandish your own weapon with the intent to defend yourself?
The entire point being, the world isn't as black and white as you are trying to make it and with hindsight, you can never be wrong. In the moment, though, you can.
That is for each person to determine with the knowledge that they might have to justify their actions in a court of law. Even police officers are held to this standard and accept it as does everyone that carries or owns a gun.
If a cop shoots a kid with a gun they are put on trial and must defend themselves as does store owners in some cases when it is determined that fowl play was involved like in this case. You must know your life is in danger Joe did not shoot one shot even though gun fire was going off a few feet away from him why? Because he did not think his life was in danger even after someone from his home had shot 11 rounds out of their firearm. Joe still showed restraint while his companion a convicted felon that should not have possession of a firearm was blasting away. This guy is doing time for just being in possession of a firearm before the kid being shot is even mentioned. Two other people Joe and his trainer was armed there was no reason whatsoever the felon that shot the kid should have a firearm.
