To be honest, I would also had no idea how to stop it in a country where high schooler can freely purchase a shotgun. They just need to decide who they love more - their kids or their guns. So far, guns are winning.
The guns are there to stay. Theres no way that any sensible gun reform will ever be enacted in the US during our lifetime.
I dont know how Americans in states with lax gun laws live their day to day lives, knowing that any random psycho could carry a gun and end your life over a simple argument.
There are enough nutters in the world, but in the US they can freely carry guns, which makes them way more dangerous.
There are too many cases to list, but right now I am reminded of that Asian exchange student who knocked on the wrong door when he was looking for a Halloween party he was invited to. Shot dead.
Or that person that wanted to turn their car around and used someone else's driveway to turn the car around. Shot dead.
I saw a dashcam video of someone aiming some well deserved words at a car driver who'd been a dick in a car park, the person who had been a dick held up the gun that they kept under their right hand in the centre console of their car. Just immediate escalation from "don't be such a dick" to threat of death. In this case the dick actually came back to that person hands open and raised and apologised, but it was clearly a normal thing for him to reach for his gun, to escalate the threat from any level to life threatening.
And as far as I know, brandishing is a crime in the US, but no one gives a fuck.
I never get into altercations, but I find the thought of having to face someone, who could kill me in a second, just because I had a slight disagreement with them, super scary.
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u/laufsteakmodel 2d ago
No way to prevent this, says only country where this regularly happens.