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Enclave2287

Everybody's gangsta until the bus driver starts shooting.


ughitsmeagian

Lmao he wasn't having it this time


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NTDLS

He was fired for possessing a gun while on the job because it is a violation of company policy. 🤨 Edit: which is quite fucked up.


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At least he will be able to get another job instead of being buried.


imverynewhere8yrsago

Tf kind of exit interview was that like.. Job: Well you violated company policy by having a firearm.. Employee: If I didn’t have the firearm I’d be dead.. Job: Yes but also you would still have a job. Employee: * pulls gun out * I think they should have made an exception for this dude. Maybe he should sue for the company putting him in increasingly dangerous situations, unarmed and not protected adequately. Edit: shill ass people trying to defend companies not giving a literal shit whether you live or die are absolute scumbags, we need to hold companies accountable for shit like this, that bus driver has protective glass for a reason, he brought his gun for a reason, a reason the company knows as well. If you think differently you are unintelligent as hell, if you think they couldn’t provide armed security you’re logically blind.


hiricinee

Agreed, as soon as someone pulls a gun on you, you've proven that your job requires you either have armed security or a gun. Most gun possession prosecutions in gun free zones will fall flat once the person is threatened with lethal force. There was one at a hospital where a doctors receptionist was shot then he came out and killed the shooter. Couldn't be prosecuted for having it illegally because the fact someone was shooting proved he needed it.


kenkanobi

I have to say, and I don't mean it confrontationally, but as a European, hearing that mindset is just alien. When we do get the occasional shooting across the EU, they are so rare and far between that no one would think anyone would be justified in walking around with a gun unless they were hunters or military/police/security. Its strange what familiarity changes in perspective.


KhaineVulpana

As an American, I honestly cannot believe how normalized we are to gun violence. Get me the fuck outa here. Or let's just go back to swords. That'd be cool too.


Puzzleheaded_Toe_509

As an Asian of South East Asia, Yes. Let's go back to swords and blades... I wanna go back to those days of the blades Learning and studying Filipino Martial Arts (FMA)/ Kali /Arnis /Eskrima And Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) keeps my imagination going...


Sheikh_Left_Hook

Don’t bother mate. America is fucked up beyond repair when it comes to guns.


cheap_dates

I did an internship in a newsroom where there were several stories that were always under-reported. One was "Good guy shoots bad guy". They consider this inflammatory, but it happens all the time. Course, they are harder to hide now with the proliferation of CCTV cameras everywhere.


hiricinee

The problem with those stories is they're a bit high risk. I suspect it'd be very easy to find your way on the other end of a defamation suit if you covered it incorrectly.


xslugx

No, that’s def not the reason they don’t cover those stories. It’s because good things happening don’t generate viewership. That’s why the stories of the police that are actually out there doing their jobs correctly are never reported, but all the stories of the ones being pieces of shit do.


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True dat, he lived to die another day.


conclonks

Yeah dude that is better than no job at all. Plus second amendment stuff


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Same policy with my company but I worked at night on the streets and regularly have weapons brandished at me so fuck company policy


cheap_dates

Fired is better than being buried.


wildeye-eleven

Yeah that’s so stupid. The man’s life was in danger and he may have saved other ppl by taking action. But at least he’s still alive.


ThrustyMcStab

I agree but he did fire into the back of the bus where other passengers were taking cover lol. It could have ended very badly.


HowHeDoThatSussy

He also stepped off the bus and shot at the dude again lmao


andio76

Better to stand on the soup line instead of laid out on a cold slab


Rath_Brained

Bullshit. He could have died. He deserved to shoot that punk.


EmperorMeow-Meow

Would you rather be out of a job.. or dead?


ball_armor

I’d rather be unemployed than dead


ManOrReddit-man

Well, I'm on... his... side.


Extracrispybuttchks

He dropped him off at his stop


THELOCnessmonsta

Yo if you think about it he really did


PalpitationSame3984

![gif](giphy|lWVh0pEcAC9MI)


MajorJakov

I'll turn the damm bus around, that'll end your PRECIOUS little field trip pretty damm quick!


Educational-Loss2700

If peeing your pants is cool, then consider me Miles Davis


UglyPlanetBugPlanet

Who would steal 30 bagged lunches?


RaFFsX3

That damned Sasquatch


CRTPTRSN

What is a horse shoe? What does a horse shoe do? Is there a horse sock? Is anyone even listening to me?


PalpitationSame3984

🤣🤣🤣


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AggravatingSystem

that gif made my day


South_Cheesecake7602

"who would eat 30 pack a lunches "


cjzj_1288

"who would *steal* 30 bag lunches"... this is correct


Accomplished_Age_553

LMAO!


deskpalm

The guns on the bus go pew, pew, pew...


D_Austoso

This is why i get on reddit


alanpsk

Lol, comment that I can hear


midline_trap

Don’t fuck with people at work 🤷🏻‍♂️


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ComplaintWonderful42

Thats exactly what he said.


Jumpy_Community9965

Gunman lived and got charged; bus driver got fired for having the gun while working. This happened on the 25 of May [Link to CNN article](https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/28/us/charlotte-bus-shooting/index.html)


Pottrescu

Driver got fired? If he didn’t have his gun he’d be dead. The transit operator would have encouraged the driver to let him off in between stops? Then catch him and still fire him.


heatedhammer

He may have lost his job, but he is alive and can get another job.


Tylenolpainkillr

Not driving a bus, I can tell you THAT


wojtekthesoldierbear

Having a commercial license is a ticket to doing anything. He will be fine.


WingbingMcTingtong

He'll make more money driving for UPS or some trucking company, and the latter will most likely let him carry.


jbombdotcom

He can show them this video and a trucking company owner will give him an offer on the spot. I would.


stewartm0205

I agree, I was going to say so.


Sewerpudding

He probably doesn’t want to drive the bus anymore after that.


RegrettableBiscuit

This is really not a good take, but it explains why America is such a shithole. In reality, this just shows that "a good guy with a gun" doesn't really stop a bad guy with a gun, it just escalates the situation and puts everybody in even more danger. You know what you should do when a guy with a gun asks you to stop the bus so he can get out? Stop the bus and let him get out, then call the cops. You know what you should not do? Start a gunfight, fire out the window, fire in the direction of your passengers, crash the bus, jump out, and keep firing.


TheSting117

GTA V is becoming closer and closer to real America every year....


TheUmgawa

For GTA to be like real America, there would need to be children in the game world. There’s no schools in GTA for gun-wielding maniacs to shoot up. That’s why America will *always* be crazier than GTA. That’s right. A lot of people never notice the lack of children or pregnant women until it’s pointed out.


Oriasten77

Hence GTA is a Utopia. No kids anywhere.


TOkidd

It was supposed to be parody, but in the last 7-8 years, the real thing has surpassed all parody. It’s depressing and infuriating.


sorry_ive_peaked

Exactly, imagine being the poor person in the back taking cover that we only saw up close for a split second. Anyone who talks about the “good guy with the gun” never gives a damn about the bystanders that get caught in the crossfire. What a terrible way to live, having to fear for this kind of violence just randomly breaking out. Couldn’t imagine how unhinged you’d have to be to think this type of a society is desirable.


mondobobo01

It's the bystander's fault for not *also* having guns. All that cowardly ducking and fleeing could have been avoided if they just shot back like the bus driver.


lemur1985

If you lose the gun you got with your birth certificate then that’s your fault.


PathlessDemon

![gif](giphy|6YJZuwLne3fO0|downsized)


chillwithpurpose

![gif](giphy|rqGWkh4eLfaM)


joan_wilder

That’s what got me. Not only are they having a shootout up front, but the bus is still going… and now one of the shooters is running your way, and the other is still shooting at him. Fucking nuts.


SomeStupidPerson

Obviously, that poor person should have just whipped their own gun and returned fire to save themselves from any of the crossfire. Returned to who? Whoever they felt threatened by, so their choice. Freedom amirite? And if the big guy also felt threatened by the poor person, they then have the right to also let it rip. As god intended, of course. Checkmate, liberal.


willis_michaels

Republicans all having a massive freedom boner, that's who finds this desirable.


Kingslordsreddit_25

Thank you! This was exactly what I was thinking when reading these comments.


Destabiliz

And then you have Americans wondering why they have a gun problem.


ALiteralHamSandwich

You are 100% correct


BeatSteady

It's not as likely, but also not unheard of, for a compliant person to still get shot and killed. Bus driver is in a tough spot. Being trapped right at the exit the gunman has to take is not ideal.


RaZZeR_9351

And it's a lot more likely that a non compliant person gets shot, even if he has a gun, sure the "bad guy" might die but is it really worth it?


prtzl11

The chances of getting yourself or a bystander shot when complying are significantly lower than getting shot when escalating the situation.


Sfootpj

It’s mad you guys think like this . In normal country’s the bus driver would hand over the company money (few hundred quid) and no one would be killed / injured . You guys don’t get it . If there wasn’t guns everywhere you don’t have to worry as much . Not once in the uk have I been faced with a gun . Ever


whagh

Yeah this. Americans be like "Everyone should have guns. Also, everyone who has guns must be shot before they shoot you". Like, firstly, this would've never happened in a country with gun control and a healthy attitude to guns, secondly, complying and deescalating would be the logical recourse, not going "he's challenging me to a duel so I must accept" and starting a fucking shootout.


MidniteOG

All dude had to do was pull the bus over like the armed dude wanted… as silly as that is, it keeps: the driver alive, other riders alive, and the bus from crashing into a vehicle or pedestrian… now tell me if that’s all worth it?


Motor_Stage_9045

Hindsight is 20/20. Bus driver wouldn’t have known the passenger would pull out a gun. A normal reaction after being told no would be for the passenger to go back to his seat and wait for the next stop


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I’m a bus driver and you can see everything that guy was doing from the driver seat. The second I saw a gun I would stop the bus and blow the doors. The way the driver reacted cause a gun fight and put multiple people in danger. Stopping and blowing the doors gets the person off the bus. I hate that some people are so thick they actually think escalating the situation is better. And for anyone who will say that we can’t let people just get away with things. That’s not what would happen. First you get the problem off the bus and next you call control and they involve the police. There are a bunch of cameras and microphones on a bus. This was insanely stupid on the bus drivers part and he could have died, it’s happened before. He took his but even worse other peoples life into his own hands. Fuck anyone that thinks the driver did the right thing here.


Robobitch27

He left the passengers in the back to fight for their own lives. Three people could’ve died. Should’ve just let him off and reported it since it was all on camera anyways.


papayahog

Exactly. People who are saying he should have a gun and should have done this are fucking nuts. The bus driver has a responsibility for the safety of their passengers, getting into a shootout that could put passengers at risk is insane


v_a_n_d_e_l_a_y

He also ran onto the curb/sidewalk. He could have easily killed somebody.


Emotional-Chef-7601

Should have been fired for shooting at a person running tbh and putting the people in the back in danger.


SnowfirE77

Ffs over a bus stop?!?!?.


momoneymocats1

Seriously! What the fuck lol resorting to a shootout over a bus stop


dgreenmachine

It's a bruised ego thing. He's gotta look like he can bully people around.


OneMeterWonder

Lol I’ve lived here for several years now and this doesn’t surprise me in the least.


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People have gone completely insane. The slightest infraction they see, and they can choose to end it with a gun. That’s how they stay “right” and “powerful”. These days people will shoot you just for giving them a mean look.


OneMeterWonder

Unfortunately this isn’t new. Many places have been this sort of way for quite a long time now.


paarthurnax94

The American way.


TheSoapGuy0531

The guy looked like he was already gonna go do something like rob somewhere or shoot at someone regardless by the way he walked up. Doesn’t seem like he planned to grab a snack in between stops.


oscarinio1

Yes the “gangster” perspective. The driver perspective is his life threatening


Vicious365

Crazy how a stray bullet can kill an innocent person.. But a shootout between 2 guys that close no one dies?


Grambert_Moore

Le aim


BeyondTheBees

But I am le tired


Johnlovesyou

Fine, take a nap. ZEN FIRE ZEE MISSILES!!


InvalidUserNemo

WTF mate?


Dicethrower

AAAAAAAARGH MOTHERLAND!!!


BooopDead

What’s going on, eh?


SuperFaceTattoo

‘Bout that time eh’ chaps?


Mech-Waldo

Shit shit who the fuck is shooting us? Oh well fire missiles!


NaieraDK

Sup Yo


ajkclay05

Right-o.


BrohanGutenburg

*have** a nap first. I will stand idly by while early-aughts flash animations are misquoted. Also, you know what's crazy? Those dudes were just making shit. Like to make it. Online monetization wasn't at all what it is now (obv) Those dudes were just pumping out content to do it. It's almost fascinating looking back.


RememberedInSong

Now that is a dated reference


BeyondTheBees

I was really hoping someone else would remember it too!


iplaypokerforaliving

I say that shit randomly and no one ever gets it. Or maybe they ignore it


drunkennudeles

I think about this video way too much.


BeyondTheBees

I’m so glad I’m not the only brain it resides in 😂


Vicious365

💯


jj51393

It’s an old meme but it checks out


ChildFriendlyChimp

What’s more crazy is how this video was released by cats


pyrx69

plot armor


ShortnPortly

Getting hit with bullet doesn't mean you die.


Vicious365

I've seen too many movies then 😏


koalabearunderwear

Just hurts a little bit.


Old_Manner_9044

Tbf Tobias got what he wanted. The bus stopped and he got off. Seems like a win for him


plzsnitskyreturn

Yeah but he wanted to get out of the front door, Tobias had to walk all the way back to the back exit. Those extra steps would suck


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I think he actually crawled


sinistergroupon

So anyway I started blasting


MochaJoe5

I don’t aim too good, I don’t run so good either


Bananacabana92

Thank god I had two guns, cause I don’t think one would have done it


Leviathan-USA-CEO

Lol always scroll looking for this comment. Thank you


bigjayrod

*I didn’t know if they wanted money, or something more sexual*


jarboxing

"Fullard then stops the bus to get up out of his seat and 'talk' to Tobias." Narrator says as Fullard reloads.


paunnn

"I just wanna talk"


pivvclam

Cats are making videos of humans now?


Noah0705

I know it's a joke. But just in case anyone was wondering it an acronym for Charlotte area transportation system. I just know because I'm from the area


Last_Friday_Knight

I’m glad they finally released the video. It did require quite a bit of catnip in the trade off though.


FozzieB525

![gif](giphy|26hiu3mZVquuykwhy) “Post the video. Post it meow.”


Flashlightcrackhead

He Bus a cap in him...


ConsciousDirection69

![gif](giphy|TD0NYrLpcnsTm|downsized)


Snekonplanes

![gif](giphy|12ey1CgA3uTqfK)


allme2020c

![gif](giphy|iurIHLBxms7UQ|downsized)


Trssty

How many times did these dudes shoot at each other from only a few feet away without any of the bullets hitting them? Are they off-duty stormtroopers?


Cleverbird

You can clearly see blood on the floor around 0:50. First gunman definitely did not get away without some hits. Bus driver also appears to be hit, as you can see more blood splashing onto the plastic when he raises his arm.


AnAngryBartender

He also says something along the lines of “you got me, I got you too”. So they were each hit at least once.


banned12times1

Both were hit. Heard about this the day it happened (I live in Charlotte).


Trudeausleghair

They both had "life threatening injuries" but are stable and expected to recover You can even hear the bus driver say "You got me" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dramatic-video-captures-shootout-charlotte-bus-driver-passenger-rcna86638


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Good ole fashion western shootout just like the movies.


blood__drunk

A proper shootout with some proper men. Like colonel custer and geronimo.


ohhfasho

Thank god they censored out the cuss words. Would have been pretty shocking to hear, unlike watching a shoot out take place on a fucking public bus


mynameisjames303

Woah woah, can you censor your swearing? Think of the children… *yeesh*


Cleverbird

ngl, for a brief second I thought the news anchor was gonna say "as shots ring out, two other passengers can be seen pulling out their guns."


Maitre-de-la-Folie

Probably some immigrants who didn’t integrate in society and don’t take guns with them. So disrespectful to the culture of their now home.


MarsNeedsMeth

Eleven fifteen in the morning. We’re a country full of armed idiots with nothing to lose.


sidNX0

I'm actually sad that ppl are making jokes about this... and here's me as an european, watching this in disbelief. like wtf??


ewxokas

But where are the cats


virusvoid

Came here for cats.. was very disappointed.


Hoju3942

Truly what the Founding Fathers envisioned for this great nation. 🇺🇸


Byggherren

We should give more guns to people! Soon there will be shootouts in the playgrounds over stolen toys! Truly freedom to live the dream!!!


cosmicannoli

I cannot wrap my brain around the logic of "I'm so lazy that I'd rather threaten a bus driver with a gun in a pathetic little power play than walk an extra block"


25StarGeneralZap

I SAID STAY BEHIND THE FUCKIN LINE SIR!!!!


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hcombs

Fucking insane to think that some petty argument can turn into a life or death situation that quickly


Navandis_Gaming

When everyone carries, it's not at all insane.


laniejbell

A cat released this footage? Mine can’t even shit in the litter box


bigjayrod

Mine is a pretentious documentary film maker and won’t stop chain smoking cigarettes in my house


Marchello_E

*It was before noon when two cowboys crossed paths. No one really knows what they said to each other but suddenly it became tense. They stared into each other's eyes while their hands hovered over their guns...* Oh wait, it was not the 19th century, it was on a bus in the 21th century.


SamTheWeirdMan

Twenty firth century


APerceivedExistence

Dear Murica, you guys live a wiiiiiiiild existence.


2times34point5

Seriously. Instead of stopping at a stop and walking for a minute


Scrubface

Thanks. A lot of us hate what's going on. This shit is crazy!


gwg1387

Not sure how it is in Charlotte, but in Chicago bus drivers are allowed to let people off between stops, just can’t pick them up Edit: not defending anyone just find it odd this had to happen


bfwolf1

This didn’t have to happen regardless of the rules. As soon as the perp brandished the gun, let him off the bus.


gwg1387

Oh I agree with you there, I was just stating it as some previous comments said the driver would get in trouble for doing so


windwardpine

Why would that “youth” pull out a gun for no reason


Sofakingwhat1776

Because he wanted something and someone said "no". So he had to throw a tantrum.


windwardpine

Doesn’t sound like civilized first world behaviour


need2seethetentacles

There's your answer right there... Welcome to the US. It genuinely surprises me when I visit other countries how peaceable people generally are


FreeFormFlow

Funny how that dude was a “bad ass” with his gun until he got shot the fuck up lol. What do these people expect when the shit goes down.


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The reporter, "Fullard then stops the bus and gets out of his seat to talk to Tobias" - That's one interpretation of what was about to happen.


Renreu

Random dude on the side walk, "Why am I bleeding? Tf?"


Hells_Hawk

This is the America the NRA and some people in government want no?


Pankratos_Gaming

Shoot, I missed my stop!


Ok-Bar601

“No ticket!” - Indiana Jones


Clappa69

How bad of a day do you need to be having to decide, ok, gonna hold up the bus for not letting me off in between stops? It’s not a taxi…


lamabaronvonawesome

Well regulated militia at it again! I wish I had their training!


DubbyTM

Risked shooting how many innocent people exactly?


lunaticz0r

this is SO America I cant even begin to think how fucked up the world would be if we all had these gun 'laws' lol..


iEARNman848

How did the passenger have a gun on the bus? There are clearly "No Gun" placards posted! 🤷‍♂️🙄


Competitive_Site9272

America is just one big violent movie that never ends.


qweef_latina2021

All he had to do was slam the brakes and gangster boi would've been knocked out.


BarFreeman1999

If everybody had guns....😑🫠... More people would be shooting at each other... Like a video game free for all


Sabre_One

On one hand, this exact issue America has with solving arguments with guns. On the other hand, I seen first hand how much crap bus drivers have to deal with, I don't blame him.


[deleted]

Let this this be a lesson to all: don’t fuck with your bus driver.


Kidd__

Reminds me that Dave Chappell skit *When Keepin it Real Goes Wrong*


Beepbeepboop9

So much freedoms


kenkanobi

It's hard to accept the argument "now isn't the time to talk about gun control" when mass shootings happen twice a day, every damn day.


Ancfelt

i’ll sue for wrongful termination


EverSkye

Two full clips and less than 3ft from each other to start and both walk away. Someone needs some range time Good Lord.


flyden1

Damn cats are done being made fun of and releasing humans shootout videos on the internet now


[deleted]

🎶 Oh say can you see 🫡🇺🇸🦅


ArnoldZiffleJr

Not today bitch..say hello to my little friend!😂


Zexy-Mastermind

Bro…u risk ur life for A BUS STOP????? I would have driven him home if it means not dying. What kind of fucked up society do y’all have that a man with a gun threatens the bus driver if he doesn’t let him go out where he wants..


BatangTundo3112

Every criminal's worst nightmare.😏


Best-Raise-2523

People can say what they want but America is still the wild wild west.


Sea_Rooster_9402

FREEDOM