• bjorney
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    2 months ago

    “retreated down the ladder” is all the information we have to go on - presumably the cop was still climbing the ladder - really hard to draw your sidearm and incapacitate someone who has a rifle trained on you while simultaneously holding on to a ladder

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      2 months ago

      I hate ladders! In fact they terrify me. While others in this world are graceful and coordinated, I most certainly am not, so every time I’m on a ladder my brain insists on telling me all the things that my awkwardness might cause to happen.

      That said, this past Saturday I was on a ladder. While on that ladder I managed to a) hold a nail against the wall and b) hammer said nail into the wall. That took two hands. Drawing a weapon takes one.

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        2 months ago

        a) hold a nail against the wall and b) hammer said nail into the wall. That took two hands. Drawing a weapon takes one.

        Cool, I’m sure you also managed to hammer that nail in faster than the reaction time of the hypothetical assailant with a gun pointed at your head too, right?

        Someone halfway up a ladder wouldn’t have even have a clean draw in that scenario without needing to ascend 2-3 more rungs to get their torso over the lip of the roof

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          2 months ago

          Why are you arguing with morons who don’t know the first thing about guns in an online community where likely less than 1% own one, let alone know how to handle one safely?

          You are literally arguing with people here who have the equivalent knowledge similar to toddlers in regards to firearms.

          Likely [email protected] doesn’t know about firearms nor owns one and is simply armchair arguing about something they know nothing about.