Heroic Bungie Employee Makes Legendary Citizen's Arrest
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Stupid criminal. You know bungie employs always carry scoped overpowered pistols
You just lucky he forgot his armor and recon helmont
You just lucky he forgot his armor and recon helmont
This must be the worst joke, but the best comment, I've seen this week...Beryl77 said:
OT: Good on ya, man. Seriously, if Bungie had a nuclear missile coming their way or if a plane was going to crash in Seattle, I'm pretty sure they'd find some way to stop it. Break out their Falcons, or something...
Fuck..i've been to Seattle, when i visited the states..does that mean everyone around me was packing heat? and i didn't know???Kargathia said:
I'd be more impressed if he held his gun sideways.
Although I do think it's a little bit convenient that he was holding a pistol and handcuffs.
Although I do think it's a little bit convenient that he was holding a pistol and handcuffs.
I doubt it.gyroscopeboy said:
I've lived in the US my whole life (mostly in the south, to boot), and i've only ever seen a real fire arm once, not counting on police or military.
Or maybe something happened when he was working as a security guard that taught him to never be unprepared and to never let his guard down.Andy Chalk said:
Either way, way to go there judging someone you don't know who probably just saved a few lives. Bravo.
and what would you think of him if he did nothing and the gunman had gone on to cause the death of a bystander or two, and you found out that there was a trained professional on site who had the capacity to resolve the situation but chose to just let it happen instead?
Yeah sure, but then again, i'd also treat him differently if he'd pulled his wang out and slapped the dude in the face (ugh, mental image :O)Andy Chalk said:
My point is, what you said is some of the worst things that could have happened. Everything would be completely different, so yeah of course people would react differently. I for one, would be calling him a stupid hero, but a hero nonetheless.
I don't know.....he said he was a former security guard, sure that could mean trained professional, or it could mean he walked around in a mall in a uniform for 6 months doing nothing, there's no way to know.teebeeohh said:
It really came down to luck, he said all he did was draw his weapon and tell the guy to drop his and he did, after that the threat was diffused, no real "professional training" coming into play there except the balls to try to stop the guy. (Yes he had handcuffs and knew how to properly search him and such, but that's not the important part, getting the guy to drop his gun is what actually mattered)
Though don't get me wrong, this guy is a hero for stopping the robbery.
You call it being an asshole, I call it being prepared.Andy Chalk said:
Here's my take, if he drew his gun without the gunman shooting anyone, he wouldn't be a hero, because he would be risking a gunfight where there probably wouldn't have been one otherwise, but once the gunman shot an innocent bystander and demonstrated he was fully willing to kill the people in the bank, then he was a hero for pulling the gun, because at that point it wasn't just an attempt to prevent money being stolen, it was an attempt to save innocent lives.
Given the circumstances I just described I'd be saluting him even if he got his head blown off.
Since it is legal for him to carry a concealed firearm, I wouldn't delve further into this issue. The handcuffs ? Well, kinda odd that he had some around, but they wheren't really integral to the story. Once the gunmen dropped his weapon and got on the ground, he surrendered anyway. Without cuffs Fletcher would have had a harder time controling him, but if you have a good friend with you to keep an eye out and call the police, it's an easy procedure.danpascooch said:
This certainly was no act of vigilantism - it's civic courage. He only stopped somebody obviously commiting a crime until authorities arrived. Unless the life of somebody is in direct danger, don't even think about resisting in a robbery or engange somebody who might have a weapon on him.
Anyone without training should propably just look after the guy beeing shot AFTER the gunmen has left.
First, but not the last.Andy Chalk said:
Nice job, guy. Glad everyone's safe. But...Talk to a shrink for a couple hours, mmk?
Bungie: 1 Crime: 0
Oh yeah, first to come up with it on this thread!
What the hell is this CAPTCHA? I'm pretty sure I got it right, but still, keep it simple jeez.
Oh yeah, first to come up with it on this thread!
What the hell is this CAPTCHA? I'm pretty sure I got it right, but still, keep it simple jeez.
Eh, I'm not actually that wowed by this dudes heroics. This reminds me of that thing where a burger king was robbed by an armed gunman and a customer with a gun shot the criminal, stopping the crime and it was hailed as proof of the greatness of America's loose gun control.
But in reality a man died, the customer himself was shot and the lives of everyone in the resteraunt were endangered to save a few hundred bucks.
Anyway, back to this case, I think it's a similar thing, lives were endangered to save a bank some money. Though it is slightly different since the robber had already shot someone, though that situation was different to just shooting everyone in the bank, since the someone who died had already pulled a gun.
Yeah, I'm gonna call it, this went well but it could of gone horribly, this guy got lucky, it was a bad risk.
But in reality a man died, the customer himself was shot and the lives of everyone in the resteraunt were endangered to save a few hundred bucks.
Anyway, back to this case, I think it's a similar thing, lives were endangered to save a bank some money. Though it is slightly different since the robber had already shot someone, though that situation was different to just shooting everyone in the bank, since the someone who died had already pulled a gun.
Yeah, I'm gonna call it, this went well but it could of gone horribly, this guy got lucky, it was a bad risk.