Poll: HE'S GOT A GUN!!!

[Redchili23]

I'd comply with his demands, if he has any, but most likely will since he has a gun in his hand and probably wants something. I'd carefully observe the man, constantly in thought. Checking to see if the gun safety is on, see if he makes an patterns, try to figure out his psychological state, whether he's just doing it for the fun of killing, or simply if he's one of those men that do not truly want to cause harm, but will shoot if necessary. From there I'd either negotiate with the man, or try to talk to other people in the shopping mall to assist me in taking the man down when he's off guard.

 

[Cherry Cola]

I just say one thing...

HADOUKEN!

 

[Doclector]

I'd probabally do the last thing that he'd expect. Bite his arm off.

Brings a whole new meaning to the word "disarm" *ba-boom-tish*

 

[Seanchaidh]

than I think retreating than running back and attempting to find a way to get the drop on him is better than throwing away your life meaninglessly.

And this right here is another example of how modern Western culture discourages aggressive or manly behavior. Running away = good. Attacking him to prevent him from shooting up a shopping mall = meaningless. This is why school shootings are never stopped.

Have you watched a movie in the last decade?

Aside from that, school shootings, when they happen, generally aren't stopped quickly because firearms provide a rather obscene tactical advantage against anyone with inferior equipment or preparation.

for most of the people saying they'd do something violent or brave, you might be able to press Q to not die with a game controller, but someone with a gun pointed in your direction is NOT a situation you can just deal with simply. All he has to do is move his hand and you can die.

Sorry, but facts are facts: it is possible to disarm an armed attacker. No amount of arguing is going to change that.

And it's also possible to get shot trying to disarm an armed attacker. Facts are facts.

Did I claim otherwise? No.

Both your responses to me have been quite snotty for missing the point so excruciatingly. I haven't ever questioned the possibility of disarming an armed 'attacker'. However, it is up to him whether you succeed. You "get out of the way" before attempting to disarm? He moves his hand and shoots. You have to move your entire body; he has to move his hand. You have to grab the gun and point it away from yourself, he has to pull the trigger before you do that. The odds are stacked heavily against you. If you think it's a good idea to risk provoking someone before you have any idea what they're on about because you might happen to be up against someone who will let you disarm him, then that is quite foolish... and the fact that this situation doesn't occur in most individual lives (and even if it does, not very often) is the biggest reason why you've lasted as long as you have. If he has a gun on you and hasn't killed you yet, it's probable that waiting provides a higher chance of survival; if his largest concern was wanting to kill you, he probably would have shot you already. It isn't a brainless enemy NPC or something, it's a person with interests and the power to kill you at any moment. The one in five forumgoers who've answered this poll in the manner you've suggested are simply not fully aware of either the reality of the situation or an intelligent response to it.

 

[esperandote]

raise my arms and do whatever the robber tells me to, while serving a a shield for my loved ones.

 

[BaldursBananaSoap]

Say "Hey look at that," then when he turns around knit a fake version of me naked holding a gun, place it where I was and fleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

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

You have bear hands?! wow how'd you attain those?

sorry had to point that out. on topic though, I wouldn't attempt to disarm him, that would get me shot, I'd try to talk to him, I think I could possible get to stop whatever he was about to do, and if not, well I'm screwed.

I attained them when I decided bullets were too slow.

 

[Grayjack]

I would either run away, drop to the floor, or use someone else as a human shield.

 

[DigitalSushi]

I shoot him with my concealed Glock 10mm.

Why do you think I have it, and my concealed weapons liscense?

Aren't Glocks 9mm? I'm probably wrong because I don't really like Glocks (the ones I fire always jam).

They have 9mm and 10mm versions.

Mine is a 10mm.

Strange, I never knew that there was a 10mm bullet. I guess you learn something new everyday.

I have a 20mm bullet shell in my room which I use to hold a few pens.

they do that so you can pick up someone else's ammmo and pack it out, but your ammo can't be converted down to fit in a 9mm.

Same with the Russian guns, they are designed to hold slightly larger bullets.

 

[sirdanrhodes]

Hope he hits some of the explosives I have concealed on my body...

 

[Seanchaidh]

Now you're just being intentionally stupid. Who, exactly, is going to let someone disarm him?

The sort of person you'd better hope you're facing. The sort of person who hesitates just long enough for your plan to work. Your success is contingent on his actions; you can execute your maneuver perfectly and still get shot. But no, you'll just disarm him. Easy! Or delusional.

 

[Chicago Ted]

Run. Like. Hell.

 

[Seanchaidh]

The sort of person you'd better hope you're facing. The sort of person who hesitates just long enough for your plan to work. Your success is contingent on his actions; you can execute your maneuver perfectly and still get shot. But no, you'll just disarm him. Easy! Or delusional.

At no point have I said or implied that disarming an armed attacker is easy or foolproof. So you are again being intentionally stupid.

The simple, irrefutable fact is that weapon disarms do work and can be pulled off. Deal with it.

It was a simple, irrefutable fact that the United States could possibly have caught the Soviet Union off guard with a preemptive strike at its nuclear capabilities. That doesn't mean it would have been a good idea. There's a very big difference between "could work" and "will work". And that difference might be your corpse on the floor. "Deal with it."

 

[Randomeaninglessword]

I would take the nearest person as a human shield, hide behind them until he had to reload, then I would attack him.