The Daniel Perry case shows the contradictions of gun enthusiasts in Texas
It cannot be the case both that all should be armed, and that anyone who is armed poses a mortal threat
IN 2020 Daniel Perry (pictured), who was working as an Uber driver in downtown Austin, drove towards a group of “Black Lives Matter” protesters with a revolver in his car. One of the protesters, Garrett Foster, who himself was legally carrying an AK-47 (a detail which in any other country would suggest a war was under way), approached. Mr Perry shot him five times, killing him. Mr Perry argued that he shot Foster in self-defence, because Foster aimed his gun at him.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Of arms and harms”
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