Maybe I’ve been lucky but always gotten along with people, been prudent, and never had issues.
Lived in major cities. Been in the military. It’s pretty easy to just be cool.
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RBWells@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Same here. I have had a knife pulled on me in a dark stairwell, have had several dangerous situations and at no point did I wish for a gun, it would have escalated those situations and made them worse. I have been able to deescalate, shock guys into being nice way more often than I would ever have imagined possible.
I’m not saying NO situation is better with a gun but not nearly as many as you think. Hopefully most people with guns never need to use them. People who sell guns sell fear, it’s becomes the “if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail” problem.
Figure if I have made it half a century without needing one, it isn’t likely I will need one now.
sixpants@lemmy.world 5 days ago
MissyBee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
You shocked guys into being nice? How? I am curious about these situations.
RBWells@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Guy with knife in my face, I looked right at him and said what the fuck? He said he was trying to talk to me & I didn’t respond and I just said that a knife was NOT the way to get someone to talk to you and he put it away, walked me to my floor and said thanks & bye.
I don’t know, exactly, and just like a gun surely it wouldn’t work in every situation but de-escalation works more often than you might think.
Only once have I had to use violence, I kicked a guy off me (I am physically stronger than I look, not objectively strong but enough to surprise someone) kicked like a fucking kangaroo, so hard he hit the wall and believe it or not, it shocked him into stopping what he was doing and I left.
rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
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surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Offer to give them a quick handy J.
RBWells@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Ha!