• MrEff@lemmy.world
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      Seriously. I’m from texas. Some people would happily let him come over to their car and start reaching in punching just to let it cross into castle doctrine/stand your ground territory. I was always taught to just assume people have guns in their cars and to act accordingly.

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        Getting into a gunfight over a road rage incident with children present sounds pretty american tbh

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        I get the shot part but you’re seriously telling me someone in another country wouldn’t ever think to use the two tonne high speed steel box around them as a weapon when threatened?

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          Why would you run them over when you can just drive away… I’m very worried about my American friends when I see the violent ambience present there that the first thought when threatened isn’t “how do I get out of this situation” but “how do I kill this person”.

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            I think the desire for random violence is born out of the inability to be justifiably violent towards authoritarian figures. I think that’s why I like video games about shooting cops.

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          I was really just referring to the getting shot part but tbh hopefully the first choice wouldn’t be to kill whoever’s walking towards you with your car