@ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 days agoWho Stops a "Bad Guy With a Gun"?slrpnk.netimagemessage-square281fedilinkarrow-up11.1Karrow-down134file-text
arrow-up11.06Karrow-down1imageWho Stops a "Bad Guy With a Gun"?slrpnk.net@ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 days agomessage-square281fedilinkfile-text
More info https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/06/22/us/shootings-police-response-uvalde-buffalo.html
minus-square@chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•11 days 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-square@ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•11 days 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.