ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWho Stops a "Bad Guy With a Gun"?slrpnk.netimagemessage-square261fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
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More info https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/06/22/us/shootings-police-response-uvalde-buffalo.html
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI feel like this is probably what accounts for why it’s twice as likely that an unarmed civilian than one with a gun will subdue the attacker, despite the much greater difficulty and danger of doing so
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI’d assume so as well. I figure if the unarmed defender had a gun there they probably would have used it lol.
I feel like this is probably what accounts for why it’s twice as likely that an unarmed civilian than one with a gun will subdue the attacker, despite the much greater difficulty and danger of doing so
I’d assume so as well. I figure if the unarmed defender had a gun there they probably would have used it lol.