• _NoName_@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    I think it also misses a special case, where a active shooting would have happened, but a ‘good guy with a gun’ stopped it before a death toll occurred by either holding the shooter at gunpoint or shooting them.

    This would likely be a rare case that would be much harder to quantify but you know it will be argued it’s needed for that case.

    • ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      That is covered in this graphic as subdued by bystander, it’s a small amount and they include cases where people didn’t subdue with gun.

      They don’t stop a shorter before it happens. It’s not a scenario that exists. If you shoot someone before they draw their weapon to shoot, your the active shooter.