Guy beating up his girlfriend on the street

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I own firearms and so wouldn't get involved in anything without them. If he were beating a little old lady to steal her purse I would be more likely to do something. But in this case I would just call the police like you did because the usual situation is this isn't the first violent incident between them and she is one of those pathetic women who stay in abusive relationships until she gets killed or seriously injured. And because of that she could well be ungrateful and turn on you too.

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I own firearms and so wouldn't get involved in anything without them. If he were beating a little old lady to steal her purse I would be more likely to do something. But in this case I would just call the police like you did because the usual situation is this isn't the first violent incident between them and she is one of those pathetic women who stay in abusive relationships until she gets killed or seriously injured. And because of that she could well be ungrateful and turn on you too.

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I'm gonna be applying for a handgun permit soon. Then these decisions will be easier.

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I own firearms and so wouldn't get involved in anything without them. If he were beating a little old lady to steal her purse I would be more likely to do something. But in this case I would just call the police like you did because the usual situation is this isn't the first violent incident between them and she is one of those pathetic women who stay in abusive relationships until she gets killed or seriously injured. And because of that she could well be ungrateful and turn on you too.

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I'm gonna be applying for a handgun permit soon. Then these decisions will be easier.

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Then what do you do? Yell for him to stop and pull out your gun, then he pulls out his and one of you gets shot? Your more likely to get shot with a gun than without.

BTW I think you handled this fine. Its really a sticky situation though, your only other option was yelling.

[tonypaladino]

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I own firearms and so wouldn't get involved in anything without them. If he were beating a little old lady to steal her purse I would be more likely to do something. But in this case I would just call the police like you did because the usual situation is this isn't the first violent incident between them and she is one of those pathetic women who stay in abusive relationships until she gets killed or seriously injured. And because of that she could well be ungrateful and turn on you too.

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I'm gonna be applying for a handgun permit soon. Then these decisions will be easier.

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Then what do you do? Yell for him to stop and pull out your gun, then he pulls out his and one of you gets shot? Your more likely to get shot with a gun than without.

BTW I think you handled this fine. Its really a sticky situation though, your only other option was yelling.

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I wasn't being serious. I am gonna apply for a permit, but I was joking about the decision being easier. I wouldn't want to pull out a gun in a situation like that. The gun will be for my home only.

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I'm gonna be applying for a handgun permit soon. Then these decisions will be easier.

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Wow. I had a ton of respect for you up until this post.

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I'm gonna be applying for a handgun permit soon. Then these decisions will be easier.

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Wow. I had a ton of respect for you up until this post.

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Thanks. I'm glad the desire to protect myself make me less respectable.

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I'm gonna be applying for a handgun permit soon. Then these decisions will be easier.

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Wow. I had a ton of respect for you up until this post.

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Thanks. I'm glad the desire to protect myself make me less respectable.

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where do you live, compton?

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Thanks. I'm glad the desire to protect myself make me less respectable.

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Well I apparently misunderstood your post. For some reason I read it as "well I'm gonna get a gun so I can go around and solve these problems myself instead of having to call the cops!" like you were going to become some kind of crimefighter or something.

But even you said you were joking, so I can't see how you can fault me for responding with disgust to your original statement. Of course I didn't know it was a joke when I first read it.


In any case, I think you handled the situation on the street really well. Even if you were carrying a gun, do you really think it would have been a great idea to wave it around and tell the guy to stop? Sure, most of the time that will resolve the situation immediately. But what about the times he pulls out his own gun, or does something else unpredictable? A decent percentage of the time (even if it's as low as 5% it's still so important) someone is going to get seriously hurt in this kind of situation. I guess you could say you took a bullet for the girl, but as others have suggested chances are that she has been beaten by this guy before and she is subjecting herself to this kind of repeat abuse.

I can see situations where it would be helpful to own a gun. But in my opinion, carrying a gun will bring up far more negative situations than it will turn bad situations into good situations. And using a gun to become a crimefighter, IE breaking up this and other similar situations by waving your gun around, is bound to result in really really bad things sooner rather than later. I think it would have been pretty stupid to brandish your gun in this situation, all things considered.

I think you did the right thing. I've had to call the cops a few times for actual violent crimes, and they've always come really fast, so getting involved yourself is usually unneccessary.

You shoulda beat his ass. Then you would have scored.