The man who shot Ashley Babbit
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@Jolly said in The man who shot Ashley Babbit:
On firearms knowledge and the use of lethal force, I'll take on any three of you.
Pick your team.
I'm not attempting to claim any expertise except in my demonstrated expertise in not getting shot so far. If I was part of a mob violently breaking into a government building, and cops were standing behind the fortifications holding guns, I would think to myself that I might get shot here.
If you would like to argue about legal intricacies around fair use of lethal force, then at that point I think I know enough to know that the law is whatever a jury can be convinced to think in any given case, and for this case, good luck getting a jury to convict the officer.
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Also, of course you know firearms more than me.
But also being from the DC area, if I led a mob over just the outside of the white house fence, I would very much expect to get shot. Let alone a 2nd or 3rd door (perhaps last door before the President or Senator). Even on some long distance runs on the weekends if I were to run by the Capitol, I knew if I got too close to the doors (like 100 feet away), a cop would be over to warn me about it within 12 seconds. So to imagine how far Babbit got in her/mob attack into and within the Capitol.... for me, personally, it's not even a question that you'd be taken out eventually.
Nonetheless, the video speaks for itself IMO.
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Damn, I thought we were about to have a lethal force battle.
My team was going to be Dr. Hannibal Lecter, Gandalf and Darth Maul. I was going to hold their coats/cloaks.
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There's no fucking way Jolly could take down Gandalf.
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in The man who shot Ashley Babbit:
There's no fucking way Jolly could take down Gandalf.
As Robert Ruark said, all you have to do is bring enough gun.
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@89th said in The man who shot Ashley Babbit:
Again Jolly, let's pretend this is Feb 2025.
Imagine for a moment that in February 2025, a BLM mob hops the white house fence and a BLM chick (with her closest 100 friends) were trying to break down the front door where Trump is inside, and behind the glass door there were cops pointing guns saying "don't come in here we will shoot"...and then the BLM chick breaks down the door starts to go in with her 100 closest friends behind her.
And the white house secret service opens fire after the multiple violent breaches (unknown weapons) against the first person to break through.
I 1,000,000,000% guarantee you would say the secret service was justified to open fire at that point to defend Trump in the white house.
Yes a billion percent.
A. We're not imagining. We have the shooting on video.
B. Even in the sorry ass state they are currently in, Byrd couldn't have gotten close enough to a Secret Service detail to sniff their shoes.For instance...
A. Byrd had already had a suspicious discharge of his weapon while off-duty, at a fleeing suspect. Unless the perp was trying to kill Byrd with the car, that's a big no-no.
B. Capitol police were even denied some less than lethal means of dealing with the crowd. Lethal force is the very last tactic they could use...I've read elsewhere they had been told not to use lethal force, but this talks about even less than lethal force:https://nypost.com/2021/04/14/capitol-riot-report-reveals-police-were-told-to-hold-back/
C. Byrd left his duty weapon in a restroom and forgot it. In many departments, that's a firing offense.
D. Byrd couldn't pass shotgun qualification. Now, if we assume he's shooting the FBI qual on QIT, he's shooting slugs (15) at anywhere from 50 to 7 yards. There are only two shots at 50 yards and one of them is kneeling.
E. Who "fires into the air"? Ever?
F. As I've previously stated, how Byrd only hurt one person is simply a small miracle. A pass-through should have been a certainty.So...Here we have a history of somebody exhibiting excitability and a propensity to discharge.
Byrd ain't a philosophical hill I'd die on.
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I'll tell you what I can say about that crowd...
Trump will be the 47th POTUS. Voters were able to decouple him from the riot. And while the riot should never have happened (for multiple reasons), some of the issues which precipitated it have helped elect your next President.
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@Jolly said in The man who shot Ashley Babbit:
Imagine for a moment that in February 2025, a BLM mob hops the white house fence and a BLM chick (with her closest 100 friends) were trying to break down the front door
Not just this. Imagine if there was a mob outside your house (or @Jolly house). How would either of you react?
I dont have any guns, so obviously I would not shoot, but imagine Jolly would shoot the person.
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Ever hunt? Especially quail or duck hunt?
Target fixation can be a thing and any person who hunts those animals knows darn well you better know what's behind what you're shooting at and what's within your barrel arc.
Quail and pheasant hunters get shot every year. Duck is horrible, because when you screw up there, it's close range and usually lethal to your hunting partner.
So, even if I have to shoot somebody in the yard, I really don't want to shoot the innocent person behind him.
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Just like @Jolly won't answer the question on how he'd react had it been BLM and Obama (instead of MAGA and Trump) protesting an Obama loss... he won't answer the question about BLM invading the Trump white house and the first person to breach through the "last safeguard" point being shot by secret service. Regardless of the shooter's past record. It's an expected and warranted shooting.
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@89th said in The man who shot Ashley Babbit:
Just like @Jolly won't answer the question on how he'd react had it been BLM and Obama (instead of MAGA and Trump) protesting an Obama loss... he won't answer the question about BLM invading the Trump white house and the first person to breach through the "last safeguard" point being shot by secret service. Regardless of the shooter's past record. It's an expected and warranted shooting.
Lad, I know you're too damn lazy, but go back and read what I've written on the Babbitt shooting from the beginning. I'm pretty consistent.
It's a marginal shooting.
And unless you've looked down your sites and decided whether or not to shoot somebody, you're simply howling from an island of ignorance.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@89th said in The man who shot Ashley Babbit:
You said bad shooting, then said marginal shooting, then said he was lucky he didn't shoot a fellow cop. Anyway... my point stands, as does about Jan 6, that your tune would be very different if the groups and persons involved switched sides.
Didn't go back and read, did you?
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@Jolly What if it were someone attacking your house?
50 people at your front wall, someone breaks a window and tries to start crawling through the window.
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@taiwan_girl said in The man who shot Ashley Babbit:
@Jolly What if it were someone attacking your house?
50 people at your front wall, someone breaks a window and tries to start crawling through the window.
Here's your problem...Mixed in with the person breaking into your house, is an equal number of priests and nuns in the crowd. Your weapon has at least 18 inches of penetration.
Do you shoot?
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@Jolly said in The man who shot Ashley Babbit:
@taiwan_girl said in The man who shot Ashley Babbit:
@Jolly What if it were someone attacking your house?
50 people at your front wall, someone breaks a window and tries to start crawling through the window.
Here's your problem...Mixed in with the person breaking into your house, is an equal number of priests and nuns in the crowd. Your weapon has at least 18 inches of penetration.
Do you shoot?
Only after you have said a Hail Mary.
