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I'm fairly confident that you can't produce a quantifiable metric backing up your position either.

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• googlryas 4y ago
  Sure I can. We can do a literature review, identify say 1000 relevant events, and determine the likelihood through that method.
  • robonerd 4y ago
    s/can't/won't/ Either way makes no difference because you aren't going to produce quantifiable data that shows police waiting outside during hostage situations is unlikely.
    • googlryas 4y ago
      You're right, because I wouldn't waste my time on that to merely convince you of reality, when there is a very low chance you would actually update your viewpoints with the information I could present.
      • robonerd 4y ago
        You can't and won't because the truth of the matter is that police very frequently wait outside during anything even remotely resembling a hostage crisis, and a gunman holding a gun to your face inside your house isn't even ambiguously a hostage situation. The street cops who respond to this won't have any interest in running into the building to get shot, and they'll use concern for you as their excuse not to do it. They'll wait outside and call a hostage negotiator if you're lucky, or just yell at the building with loudspeakers until the gunman gets bored and gives up or shoots you in your face. If you're very lucky, an hour or two later a SWAT team might show up, but there is a good chance they'll stall for time too.