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The fact that you are responsible for your safety doesn't absolve others when they act negligently and injure you. They can still be held criminally responsible.
I would prefer not getting shot at all over wrongfully getting shot. I'm going to do what I think is best to avoid getting shot.
But maybe that's just me.
No ****.
But, again, the fact that everyone would prefer not to be shot doesn't absolve the cop of his responsibility to not illegally shoot people.
Let me play along with your premise . . .
Given that we live in a country where cops illegally shoot people when they do stupid things . . . is it a good idea to do stupid things in front of a cop with a gun?
Fixed this for you.
"Given that we live in a society where men sexually assault women who wear short skirts...is it a good idea to wear short skirts?"
The answer to that would be "Probably not, if you're going to be in an area where such sexual assaults have a higher likelihood of taking place".
It's called "common sense".
Let me expand on this.
I work in downtown Hartford, CT. When I drive in to work in the morning, around 7:00am-7:15am or so, I'm driving through a part of the city that has a reputation for higher crime than other parts of the city and surrounding towns. Most of the crimes in that part of town occur in the evening. If I have a reason to come to downtown Hartford in the evening, I'm not driving my "usual" route through the bad part of town.
That's called "common sense".
Sweet.
But, if for some reason you do need to go through the bad part of town in the evening, are you to blame if you get shot/robbed/raped?
Present me a situation in which I "need" to go through the bad part of town in the evening rather than around it.
Who cares why you are there. The question is, if you are there, for whatever reason, are you to blame if someone shoots/robs/rapes you?
Honestly... 'Partially'. You are partially to blame.
My buddy was a server at a restaurant in rogers park and after his shift he went to a nearby convenience store to buy something. He whipped out a wad of cash he had earned from work that day in plain sight, in a bad neighborhood, at 2am. As soon as he left the store he was beaten and robbed by a couple of guys that saw him pull out that cash.
Do I blame my buddy for doing anything criminal? No.
Do I blame the 2 guys that beat and robbed him for doing anything criminal? Yes.
Did I blame my buddy for doing something stupid which encouraged 2 people to put him in the hospital? Yes.
People really need to think about their actions more. There are consequences, good and bad. Many results are controllable by making smarter decisions.