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SorteKanin@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Okay, but surely upon arriving to said address with a huge swat team and discovering nothing amiss, no panicked people, no gunfire, no anything, their first reaction is to raid the house? The US sure is a strange place.

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rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
You know that shooters have the ability to stay quiet, right? A calm atmosphere doesn’t mean there isn’t someone who is in imminent danger. Back to the thought exercise: you’re a hostage, you call 911, police arrive. Then they wait five minutes and fuck off because nobody’s firing at them or shouting threats. Do you think that’s reasonable?

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Triasha@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Gunfire would not necessarily panic people in the vicinity. If you are in a suburban setting, surrounded by 6 foot fences separating 2 story houses, a few shots could be mistaken for hammering, some kind of construction project. If I did think there was gunfire, I would go inside, and take shelter, not hang around to talk to cops.

I would never run toward cops period. They might shoot me.

I have fired guns and been around guns as they were fired, and I am not confident I would know the difference easily. Plenty of Americans have less experience with firearms than I do.

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starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
What do you think it would look like from the outside if someone had you at gunpoint in your bedroom?

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