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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
and maybe he could have shot the bad guy, or at least scared him away. half a chance is better than no chance at all.
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They were already being held at gunpoint. Pulling a gun out while being held at gunpoint by someone who is already planning on killing you has a very high probability of ensuring that you die sooner. Unless of course, the guy who got shot also had a hypothetical premonition to go along with his hypothetical gun and pulled his first. Unfortunately for the victim, american law doesn't allow for preemptive strikes.