80 Firefighter tells felon to stop harrasing clerk. The felon gets his extendo mag pistol from his car and comes after the firefighter only to be subdued. Felon's girlfriend then shoots the firefighter and kills him. She gets no charges posted 1 year ago by MattTheBlack 1 year ago by MattTheBlack +81 / -1 Social media proceeds to demonize and blame the firefighter https://www.reddit.com/r/ActualPublicFreakouts/comments/y9xsrs/woman_is_let_off_due_to_self_defense_in_shooting 43 comments share 43 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Obviously it's preferable to not being armed and prepared to defend yourself. But the clear best solution is to avoid them.
If you avoid a problem, it persists. People with a strong sense of civic duty should be prepared to resolve problems like that. Permanently.