# This has to stop: extreme actions at political gathering

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-stop-extreme-actions-at-political-gathering/843927>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 24, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-stop-extreme-actions-at-political-gathering/843927 "2019-11-24T19:15:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-has-to-stop-extreme-actions-at-political-gathering/843927/20 "2019-11-25T04:09:29Z")

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> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> You think that a motorist leaving the scene is an easier target than a motorist who rolls to a stop, allows the assailant to approach his car, then exits the vehicle and presents himself as a target within arm’s reach. Sure, buddy, OK.

Yes. if he had just swung the bat then the time to find out if he also had a gun is before he pulls it out. Not after.

> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> This guy wasn’t protecting himself. He wanted to retaliate and went so far as to endanger himself to do so.

If he stayed in the car he was essentially locked into a space he couldn’t defend from a known weapon. Busting a side window out throws hundreds of tiny glass shards in your face and allows a bat or stick to then be drilled into your face lance style.

If he drove off he was vulnerable to a potential gunshot. By opening the door he was able to knock him off balance and neutralize both types of attack.

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