Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Would-be robber shot and killed by intended victim in west Houston, police say [View all]PTWB
(4,131 posts)That is a disingenuous mischaracterization and not at all in keeping with the reality of what we know about what happened.
A violent, armed robber pulled a gun on a victim at an ATM machine. That victim, faced with a deadly threat and a gun wielding assailant, drew his own firearm and exchanged gunfire with the armed robber--not to save a dollar but to save his own life.
The robber was the one who chose to place the value of the ATM withdrawal over the life of his victim and his own life, the victim did not make that decision.
You're trying to apply blanket statistics to the victim without knowing any of the meaningful details of the encounter. What was the victim's background? Level of training? Experience with firearms?
Did the armed robber make verbal of physical threats of violence prior to the victim choosing to draw instead of comply? Did something happen that gave the victim a window of opportunity to draw his own firearm while the assailant's attention was diverted?
We don't know the answer to those questions but they'll all factor in to the statistical dice roll determining his success or failure. The only things we do know for sure are that the violent criminal initiated the encounter, fired shots at the victim, and the victim prevailed--statistics be damned.
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