Dramatic footage shows a man, wearing a light blue shirt and black pants, crouching behind a parked vehicle near one of the Bondi Beach gunmen before disarming him during the terror attack.

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[+] -29 points 11 months ago (15 children)

First of all the civilian is a hero; but assuming I had the balls to disarm him and knew how to operate his gun (and it wasn't out of rounds), why wouldn't you shoot the guy?

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  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    Lots of reasons. A counter question would be, except out of rage and adrenaline, why would you shoot him?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (6 children)

    Because he may still be armed? You know that he was willing to kill 5 seconds ago and no idea what other weapons he has

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  • [–] 21 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    "Just in case" doesn't seem great justification. Keep his gun, keep it on him. That doesn't mean you have to pull the trigger because of potentials. Granted, I didn't go to American police school, so maybe this is wrong...

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Self defence laws don’t protect you in this situation

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