• stella@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Maybe he thought it was the “two people that knocked on the door before,” not the “6 year old.”

    See what happens when you use your brain? Life starts to make sense, lol.

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      1 year ago

      You certainly don’t open your door with a gun out before even knowing who’s on the other side if you’re using your brain. lol.

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        1 year ago

        What if you’re in fear for your safety?

        We don’t know what this guy was going through or who he may have angered.

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          What if you’re in fear for your safety?

          Then I don’t open the door. If it’s a real threat I can pew pew after my door gets kicked in and be pretty sure I’m not shooting a six year old.

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          Then grab the gun and don’t open shit, if you thought you were in danger why open the door and let them have easier access to you? Make them break in.

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          It could be cops, then you end up either shooting a cop (no big loss, but you’re not likely to live through it) or just getting shot.

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          1 year ago

          If you don’t have a peephole, invest in a chain lock. Or a Ring. You don’t have the right to point a gun at someone just because they’re outside your door.

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            1 year ago

            I totally agree, but we don’t know what this guy was going through or who he may have angered.

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              You don’t point a gun at a six year old. Full stop. He didn’t open the door with his gun drawn and stop when he saw who it was, he waved it in his face to try to scare him. Inexcusable.

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                I’m not trying to excuse his behavior, just give a reason for it. People do irrational things when they’re in fear for their life, and we don’t know what this guy was going through. For example, he could owe money to someone and see this as a way to scare his collectors into leaving him alone. Just talking to them wouldn’t work, so he might feel more drastic measures are in order.

                Think ‘cause and effect’ instead of ‘I’m trying to get out of this.’