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Ynwe t1_is92omc wrote

Pick up trucks, guns, completely unnecessary violence, kids shot - As American as it gets..

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lvlint67 t1_is9dvds wrote

I suppose we can wait for the investigation, but I'd bet money it was the dude in the Dodge thinking he owns the road that kicked things off.

Stupid of the Nissan driver to not de-escalate.. but we've all seen people in pickups do dumb ass shit.

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TwoCockyforBukkake t1_is9ltht wrote

There comes a point where things have escalated so high that it doesn't matter who started it, not even a little bit, and it's silly to even mention it.

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lvlint67 t1_isa6axe wrote

That's usually some time before brake checking and well before rolling down a window to shout.

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Opposite_of_a_Cynic t1_isas7nq wrote

According to that idiot, shooting at the truck was his idea of de-escalation.

> “Mr. Allison said his goal of firing the shot was to ‘get out of the whole situation,’”

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lvlint67 t1_isatkak wrote

That's the problem with having a gun handy in a confrontation. When you reach for it, either it's checkmate! and you kill/injure an unarmed person.. or you find yourself in the middle of a shoot out.

It's so easy to go, "well my gun makes me 3 feet taller and scary!"

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Opposite_of_a_Cynic t1_isawdjx wrote

> It's so easy to go, "well my gun makes me 3 feet taller and scary!"

This is so on the bullseye. I know several people who carry daily and ever single one thinks when the bullets start flying they will be John Wick and everyone else the generic henchmen. Meanwhile actual evidence shows the most effective strategy when encountering someone with a gun is to run the fuck away. Pulling out your own gun dramatically lowers your chance of survival.

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