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Was that thunder? Nope, it was a truck hitting everything in it's path. (Up: OP responds. See threadmarks)
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If I got in a car crash and saw someone approaching me with a baseball bat I'd run for my safety.
Several reasons; blatant disregard for proper use of force, admitting in the thread to using a weapon as "a barrier" rather than having intention to use it, possible/apparent disregard for home defense law, etc. Those things go against the basic principles that are instructed in any firearms course, let alone in law enforcement training.
I mean, assaulting a potentially dazed innocent with a deadly weapon kind of says it all by itself.
This may surprise you, but responding to a scene of a vehicle accident armed with a weapon is not normal in other countries. Most people would first make sure to see what state the victim(s) are in and call the authorities.
F34R good for you to see that you didn't handle the situation on the best way and decided to act on it - giving up your gun is an important step.
Your situation is fascinating to me. You seem very level headed, how much time do you spend each day to understand your situation?
It was asked before in this thread, but how did you end up with your account here? Do you check your post history all the time to understand what you were thinking day to day over the last few years?
And is there the possibility to recover from your condition?
Your situation is fascinating to me. You seem very level headed, how much time do you spend each day to understand your situation?
It was asked before in this thread, but how did you end up with your account here? Do you check your post history all the time to understand what you were thinking day to day over the last few years?
And is there the possibility to recover from your condition?
The narcissism required in this situation is amazing.
involve yourself in none of your business, pull a gun on an injured person, assume they are a threat when you put yourself in their way. Even the law says you are supposed to FLEE. Well they thought they were a cop and above the law and protecting nothing makes sense
involve yourself in none of your business, pull a gun on an injured person, assume they are a threat when you put yourself in their way. Even the law says you are supposed to FLEE. Well they thought they were a cop and above the law and protecting nothing makes sense
Again why are these two things mutually exclusive, it's not like I'm walking up ready for the pitch, Jesus
Christ, why is everyone piling on the OP? Yes he reacted poorly. Did he explain why? Yes. Did he reflect on it. Yes. I have mental health issues and have acted "irrationally" to the greater public but it made complete sense to me at the time. The most important thing to take away is that the OP reflected on it and acted on it in retrospective.
It's much more than I can hope for for a lot of people with MH issues. I'm glad everyone's ok in this story and lessons were learned.
It's much more than I can hope for for a lot of people with MH issues. I'm glad everyone's ok in this story and lessons were learned.
I'm glad OP won't remember a lot of these replies. There's absolutely been a lot of level headed responses criticizing him, and a lot of shitty hot takes and personal insults that we're apparently now okay with, and he's taken them all with a great attitude. But some of the shit being said in here is vile as fuck.
They should absolutely not own a gun, and that was already suggested in the last thread. Someone said last year :
OP could've killed someone, or get killed. Glad he gave up his gun, because I can't even understand how someone with those issues could own one. Sincerely hope him the best, and hope for the best recovery possible.
I wasn't trying to call your integrity into question. In my world, growing up on farms/rural areas and hunting for food, you do not point a gun at anything you do not intend to kill. I understand its different for cops, but there is zero way to know how you would of reacted had he not complied or got aggressive. You cannot say if he got aggressive you wouldn't have shot him. You admit you were confused and just woken up and anxious, you need to admit that you might have shot him if the situation had played out differently. And even if he had gotten aggressive you would still be in the wrong for shooting him because having the gun at all escalated the situation 100%
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