Comments by "" (@DavidJ222) on "Ahmaud Arbery's mother demands killers get max sentence" video.
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If I was all alone, and three strangers pulled up to me brandishing guns, I would immediately assume that my life is in imminent danger--anyone would. They literally tried to detain him at gunpoint. Arbery was undoubtedly terrified.
Let this be a lesson, that guns are NOT the answer to every problem. Just think if those three men didn't grab their guns, before hopping in their vehicles to chase Arbery. Arbery would still be alive, they wouldn't be looking at spending the rest of their lives in prison, and we wouldn't be having this conversation. They could have tried to have a conversation with Arbery without those guns.
This incident can partially be blamed on the pathological obsession that some people have with guns. Some people believe that a gun is the only answer to every problem. And having those guns with them gave them a false sense of authority.
We've all heard the saying that "might makes right." Well choosing to take those guns with them gave them the "might" in their minds, which meant they were automatically right, no matter what they did.
I've observed that someone with a gun, will usually behave in a manner totally different from how they would behave if they didn't have one. And this is coming from a Marine combat veteran, and a gun owner.
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