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He pulled it out, waved it around for a fraction of a second, and because he had his finger on the trigger and the safety wasn't on, it went off. I had zero time to react. Clearly he had no idea of how to use the weapon, but more importantly he had no intention of firing. It was intended to be either a threat or to show off.
Yes, it could have gone either way. He could have put two in my head or he could have missed completely. He happened to hit my leg. I'm actually more grateful to circumstance that none of my friends were hit.
The point I was making was that, according to the logic/rationale of one who carries a gun with them, you would have probably returned fire. You're shot in the leg and I would assume that you duck for cover and pull your weapon simultaneously, opening fire to neutralize the threat. I think we've had enough gun/"defense" threads to establish a normal response in a given situation by a gun owner.
The problem was that this was just a kid being dumb. Actually it was several, yours truly included. Did we deserve to die?
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