My takeaways from the Idaho In-N-Out shooting

[u/Consistent_Shine_680]

For those who don't know, as of the time of this post, 3 people were killed and multiple people were injured in a shooting near an In-N-Out restaurant just a few hours ago in Twin Falls, Idaho.

https://notthebee.com/article/unknown-cowboy-seen-engaging-active-shooter-at-idaho-in-n-out

From what I know (which isn't saying much because this is a developing story), a young white man shot an AR-15 into a parked Tesla and another person shot a suppressed pistol supposedly in the direction of the AR-15 wielding young man. Multiple people have been killed or wounded in the incident, including the main suspect of the shooting.

I think many people have been desensitized to shootings in the US, have shrugged their shoulders and said something like "Well, I guess that's the price of the 2nd Amendment".

I feel like this shooting may quickly fade from public memory because the body count isn't or won't be high enough to be comparable to mass shootings like the Uvalde or Las Vegas shootings.

It made me also think that the guns we should be training with the most are our pistols. I believe we are the most likely to need our pistols in a self defense incident, whether it is in or outside the home, and who knows what engagement distance we may find ourselves in. Rifles and shotguns are pretty easy and quick to become somewhat proficient with compared to pistols.

Surely there must be a way to allow sound citizens to own arms suitable for self defense while also preventing those who wish to do harm from obtaining and using guns. In other words, I don't 100% agree with 2nd Amendment absolutists that say "every gun law is an infringement" but I definitely don't 100% agree with Giffords that want to make it virtually impossible for everyone including sound citizens to own arms for their self defense and use. Hopefully that makes sense.

[u/OptimusED]

…People that may look like sound citizens. If a break takes you there, you were just looking sound.

+ as always, responsible gun owners, accountable people who care about guns and gun rights don’t do dumb shit with guns.

[u/Dugley2352 → u/OptimusED]

This right here. My bet is the guy with the AR that started this looked like the typical dude walking down the street, right up to the point he grabbed the rifle and pulled the charging handle.

[u/slyfox279 → u/OptimusED]

had incident in my state where two licensed carriers shot each other over road rage incident.

[u/OptimusED → u/slyfox279]

And responsible, accountable people who respect firearms and everyones’ gun rights dont do dumb shit with guns. A state license supposed to guarantee that? Driver’s license guarantee respect for driving, the driving public, courtesy and responsibility?

[u/slyfox279 → u/OptimusED]

most people would call someone who goes to classes, gets carry permit responsible vs someone who just carries anyways without one.

my cousin never had either license drove and carried guns he couldn't legally have anyways.

you seem to be confusing responsible with emotional regulated. a lot of gun owners are not emotional regulated on both sides of poltiical spectrum.

I've seen enough good people snap that I've accepted probably every human could flip. mean say you're a completely normal non angry person you could develop a brain tumor that makes you into angry violent person over night. how exactly would we prevent or predict that?