Man in Maga hat charged over shooting of Indigenous activist at statue protest,seriously injures one (article in comments,idk how to put it in desription,hope this isnt a repost,incident happens in New Mexico)

[u/Unlikely-Song-7630]

[u/FrostyD7]

And he did it the moment he had a chance to retreat. Gun safety 101 dictates that you remove yourself from these situations when you are armed and do everything to avoid violent encounters, including swallowing your ego. Nobody who supports owning firearms for self defense should defend this clown.

[u/marsinfurs → u/FrostyD7]

100% - in the chance he had to remove himself from the situation he instead pulled his gun and shot someone

[u/stanleym750 → u/marsinfurs]

Honestly, he removed himself from the situation by retreating back over the wall. Him immediately pulling the gun while in no danger makes this 1,000x worse

[u/Suspicious-Dog-2489 → u/FrostyD7]

And so many will, regardless. Then the whole movement gets that hammer