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[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 2 months ago

Sorry, why /s? Cops aren't even particularly good(or safe) shots. I would be more worried about them hitting another bystander in their attempts to shoot me.

I'm not saying I would enjoy being shot, but statistically, about two-thirds of gun-shot victims survive(source: the Brady campaign), and, mass of jello that I am, I am in pretty good health since my time wiring barges up over the last year.

That said, this is assuming I happen to be armed and choose to put myself in harm's way, which is another consideration where I would prefer to be harmed vs others. Odds are good it would be because I chose to do something objectively stupid, versus others whose only choices are to run, hide, or confront their attckers un-armed and otherwise un-prepared.

[-] SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

“I can maybe take a bullet or three” sounded like such over the top bravado I was hoping it was meant tongue in cheek.

Don’t get me wrong though I was just commenting on that sentence. I am not meaning to undermine your point about police and their (lack of) aim.

[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Opposite of Bravado. I see myself as disposable vs most people until shown different, and most people I know who say such things as I have here and mean them seem to feel the same way about themselves. A mistake I don't live to learn from(or learn of) is less terrifying than a failure to do right by others.

I'm not saying I definitely won't just hide, cry, piss and shit myself, but I didn't do any of that(until hours later) the last few times I had guns pointed at me, and no, I don't mean by friends or due to personal shenanigans(unless you count signing on certain government forms). It has been over 15 years since the last time though.

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