ZeroCool@feddit.ch to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoMan arrested for pointing gun at 6-year-old boy's head over Halloween goody bagabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1500arrow-down112
arrow-up1488arrow-down1external-linkMan arrested for pointing gun at 6-year-old boy's head over Halloween goody bagabcnews.go.comZeroCool@feddit.ch to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square179fedilink
minus-squareGarbanzo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months ago 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.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoAlthough if a six year old manages to break down your door, shooting them is not really unreasonable.
minus-squarestellalinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·11 months agoAnd if they continue harassing you, then what?
minus-squareGarbanzo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoOh, well then the reasonable thing to do is point a gun at a small child, obviously
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.
Although if a six year old manages to break down your door, shooting them is not really unreasonable.
And if they continue harassing you, then what?
Oh, well then the reasonable thing to do is point a gun at a small child, obviously