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[-] flooppoolf@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Obviously this is not the case here, but the reason that I assume they didn’t care to ask questions is because it was apparent that their intention was crime, the extent of it remained unknown to the servicemen at the time.

Now I’m not justifying it through “could’ve been anything”

But imagine if they had more nefarious intentions rather than the probable Nintendo Switch sitting on the passenger seat or something like that. And that’s the issue with accidentally fucking with a nation head’s family. There is very little/no lenience.

[-] tburkhol@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

It's not just secret service. There's plenty of private citizens who'd open fire, no questions asked, on someone breaking into their car.

[-] Caradoc879@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

And assuming there's nobody else around but me and the guy breaking into my car...

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Unless you're buddies with the sheriff in the middle of farmtown; you're going to have to explain the trajectory of your bullets being the wrong way around for self defense.

[-] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

"Who gives a fuck about an Oxford Comma ... " - Vampire Weekend. Apparently you and I do, after seeing the commenter's sentence construction.

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