Poll: HE'S GOT A GUN!!!

[Kollega]

-Snip-

I don't think he'll be able to hit head or vital organs even if he DOES hit me.

Your torso is quite a large target, filled with lungs and kidneys and livers, you know.

Whatever,i don't mind dying. PLUS,if i distract him by being a bullet sponge,someone else can disarm him.

 

[kryptik102]

I CAST FLARE!
And if that fails, I cast Kamehameha!

 

[crudus]

OT: a gun is no use against a person with a knife as is you run at him the adrenalin pumps and a bullet wouldnt affect you (Unless it shatters a bone or instant kills. I always have a knife on me, and id attack him with it

Yeah, the 21 foot rule is amazing. It doubly works if you can sneak up on someone or earn his trust.

 

[KarumaK]

Grab the closest stranger, and rush him using them as a shield. I'd jam a car key in his eye take his gun and blow off his nuts so he never dared to fuck with me again.

I'd then pay for my purchases and stroll out whistling, When the Saints Go Marching In.

 

[Bat Vader]

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. Let me say this more plainly: I'm not going to take ownership of your failed logic. It's your problem, and you're the one who's going to have to deal with it. So cowboy the fuck up and take some responsibility for your nonsense.

Your arguing with someone over the logic of a hypothetical situation?

Someone take responsibility over the internet? Thats just so crazy it may just never work.

 

[ArcWinter]

I do not usually go shopping, however when I do it is with the company of friends, one of which is a brown belt in legitimate Okinawan martial arts. I would probably dive to the ground, allowing my friend to kick the gun-toting maniac's ass.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Why is there no option for me to draw MY gun and lodge a hollowpoint in the juicy center of his brain???

That'd be impressive if you could draw that thing and fire it before he pulls the trigger of a gun that's already aimed at you. You'd probably have to be as fast as this guy:

Spoiler: He's a prick, but you get the idea

 

[Seanchaidh]

Getting shot when running at someone with a gun therefore falls into the category of possible (as well as probable) because it can fail to happen that you would be shot.

Well hey, if you want to take that kind of chance because there's a vanishingly small probability that it might work, you go right ahead.

Oh, I love playing games of "let's repeat ourselves verbatim!" Ok, here I go: The only reasonable course of action is to treat the example as it is stated and infer nothing from the options because their success is not guaranteed.

It is easy to infer that the gunman must be in front of you, since disarming is presented as an option.

It doesn't matter where he is, you can still try to disarm him. It just isn't very clever if he isn't right in front of you.

You can't disarm him, he is not within range. Or do you have rubber arms?

blah blah blah

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. Let me say this more plainly: I'm not going to take ownership of your failed logic. It's your problem, and you're the one who's going to have to deal with it. So cowboy the fuck up and take some responsibility for your nonsense.

You are clearly under the assumption that something has to be a defensible plan for it to be an option, and in that way the options presented can influence the example. But this is apparently only true some of the time as it appears only to be true in the case of the option you picked. Your approach is inconsistent and the "logic" you are using is apparently a biased version no one has ever heard of. Your repeated claim is vacated.

 

[kawligia]

Why is there no option for me to draw MY gun and lodge a hollowpoint in the juicy center of his brain???

That'd be impressive if you could draw that thing and fire it before he pulls the trigger of a gun that's already aimed at you. You'd probably have to be as fast as this guy:

Spoiler: He's a prick, but you get the idea

In that case, I don't think you would have time to do ANY of the stuff listed in the other options either.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Why is there no option for me to draw MY gun and lodge a hollowpoint in the juicy center of his brain???

That'd be impressive if you could draw that thing and fire it before he pulls the trigger of a gun that's already aimed at you. You'd probably have to be as fast as this guy:

Spoiler: He's a prick, but you get the idea

In that case, I don't think you would have time to do ANY of the stuff listed in the other options either.

I was thinking about it as I quoted you on that, and it's all hypothetical, so I guess more detail would be needed for the situation. Pulling out a gun is an aggressive movement. If I were holding a gun to you, and saw you pulling out a gun, I would pull the trigger, no question. If someone were talking to me, chances are I wouldn't shoot you for opening your mouth.

I could probably see disarming or shielding a loved one working better than reaching into yourself and drawing a gun to shoot the person who is already prepped with a gun to you, because it would take longer to do that than disarm someone, which only requires your hands. Granted though, that's equally as sketchy in terms of no one getting hurt.

That's just how I feel.

 

[suhlEap]

remember... i before e except after c! and i'd shield a loved one definately.

 

[andrat]

Duck into another aisle and use cover until I can bring a knife to bear on him...
A man who does not carry a weapon is either a fool, or a pacifist... and thus a fool.
In this world violence is everywhere, and if one does not act accordingly to defend one's self one is bound to be directly influenced in a negative way by it at some point.

also if a knife is less than 6" it's legal in Canada to be carried on one's person, and I know how to use one well... if i got caught carrying anything else that i might get to defend myself with I'd be screwed... and if i pulled a gun on him and killed him in self defense... I'd be locked up for possession of an illegal weapon.

BUT we could always hit him with a hockey stick.
Shame, I didn't know any type of knife was legal here.

OT, Flee

 

[timmytom1]

Take the bullet and strangle the life out of him.
with Bear Hands!

Wow your so manly you have the hands of a bear?

 

[CoverYourHead]

Say something along the lines of "AhgiabegkaUeygkf!" and flee. I have no loved ones with me on a daily basis, so that's not a problem.

 

[DoomyMcDoom]

Duck into another aisle and use cover until I can bring a knife to bear on him...
A man who does not carry a weapon is either a fool, or a pacifist... and thus a fool.
In this world violence is everywhere, and if one does not act accordingly to defend one's self one is bound to be directly influenced in a negative way by it at some point.

also if a knife is less than 6" it's legal in Canada to be carried on one's person, and I know how to use one well... if i got caught carrying anything else that i might get to defend myself with I'd be screwed... and if i pulled a gun on him and killed him in self defense... I'd be locked up for possession of an illegal weapon.

BUT we could always hit him with a hockey stick.
Shame, I didn't know any type of knife was legal here.

OT, Flee

well if it's like 6" or smaller and not a switchblade... or y'know particularily concealed...

if you just happen to be carrying a hinge locking utility cutter/survival knife in your pocket at the time... my excuse is usually "y'know how damn hard it is to open blister packs without a knife?"