This is why modern self defence trends get on my nerves.

[Steve]

Technically every opinion is fiction.

Erm... It’s an interesting idea, but….

 

[HighKick]

https://www.reddit.com/r/martialarts/s/TUj1TMNArv
There is no way something like this could realistically happen right? Just running into someone so unhinged that calling them out for cutting you off is enough to make them wanna gun you down? Like seriously 0-100. Forget jail someone like that needs to be executed.

Could it happen? I aver it already has several times with miniscule differences. There are people in this world who don't need a reason to pop a cap.

 

[Rich Parsons]

https://www.reddit.com/r/martialarts/s/TUj1TMNArv
There is no way something like this could realistically happen right? Just running into someone so unhinged that calling them out for cutting you off is enough to make them wanna gun you down? Like seriously 0-100. Forget jail someone like that needs to be executed.

CIA headquarters shooting - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

CIA 'Trained' people sat in their car while a person shot the people in the car in front of them and then walked to the next car and then the next ...
.
It happens.
Planned
Road Rage
Insanity
.

 

[Mallic]

CIA headquarters shooting - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

CIA 'Trained' people sat in their car while a person shot the people in the car in front of them and then walked to the next car and then the next ...
.
It happens.
Planned
Road Rage
Insanity
.

See this is the key difference as fucked up as it is you can at least follow the line of logic and understand why they did it.

Highkick has the more accurate idea where some people will kill you just cause you breathed on them a little too hard. Which is baffling to me.

 

[Steve]

Okay, is now the time to remind everyone that violent crime is down? The way you guys are talking about popping caps… I don’t know whether to laugh or be concerned.

 

[Dirty Dog]

Okay, is now the time to remind everyone that violent crime is down? The way you guys are talking about popping caps… I don’t know whether to laugh or be concerned.

Mostly laugh, or at least chuckle. Crime is down, but it still gets a lot of press. Which gives the impression that crime is up. And things like road rage shootings get tons of attention.

 

[Mallic]

Okay, is now the time to remind everyone that violent crime is down? The way you guys are talking about popping caps… I don’t know whether to laugh or be concerned.

That's the other thing, statistically violent crime is down over all and we live in probably the most peaceful time in human history, yet people like to act like everyone is trying to kill them. Personally I thought it was because most people had some goddamn sense and then I see nonsense like this.

 

[Hot Lunch]

That's the other thing, statistically violent crime is down over all and we live in probably the most peaceful time in human history, yet people like to act like everyone is trying to kill them. Personally I thought it was because most people had some goddamn sense and then I see nonsense like this.

If you were a child the 80's, all the PSA's had you convinced that there were adults cruising everywhere looking for a child to snatch up. This was in the aftermath of Adam Walsh and Steven Staynor.

Moral panic is nothing new. One thing I can't stand hearing is anything along the lines of "people are crazy these days." I'm fairly certain that the percentage of "crazy" in the human population has always been the same, and that things were actually worse in the past due to continuous improvements in behavioral health treatment.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

If someone fingered me without my permission, I would definitely shoot them with a urine-filled water pistol.

The number of young men who abuse steroids, making the ‘red mist’ descend, is very common and I can see that happening although the lack of firearms in Europe means it is unlikely to result in death.

If someone “fingers” you? Holy colloquialism Batman! You are going to shoot them with your “urine filled pistol”? Good grief! This is Friendly MT!

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Oh, I left my last gym because of poor cleanliness and if I had a urine-filled water pistol, I’d’ve soaked the belligerent cleaner who insisted she’d cleaned the place even though the grass and mud on the floor suggested otherwise .

And…there it is…

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

That’s pretty unlikely now I know I’ve irritated you

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Best to ignore him when he’s stirring the pot. He calms down eventually.

Said the kettle…

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Best to ignore him when he’s stirring the pot. He calms down eventually.

See what I did there?

 

[Buka]

Running into someone unhinged isn’t likely for people that aren’t out and about. Running into someone unhinged isn’t something that happens every day.

But the unhinged are out there. For those unlucky enough to be around them, or run into them, or respond to them as the good guys called in to quell the situation, it can be tricky.

When you work in Law Enforcement, when the unhinged go off, the public doesn’t call Ghostbusters, they call you. Depending on where you’re policing, it happens every day and you or your coworkers, the guys you laugh and joke with in the locker room, are suddenly in odd situations. Some of those situations can be frightening. If you do it long enough, it’s just another day at work.

We are an odd species.