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I was thinking that exact thing in the name of experimentation. A sort of "Please come harass me, I want to see what people have to deal with."



I think that scenario was what happened with one of the more recent swattings in the news.

Person A and Person B are getting hot and bothered about something stupid. Person A says "come at me bro, here's my address." Person A gave Person B Person C's address instead.

Person B swatted Person C. Person C had no idea what was going on, went outside, maybe panicked, maybe whatever, but Person C was shot and killed because SWAT had no idea.

I believe A and B were arrested, but usually the cops don't get lucky. They couldn't find the idiot who tried swatting me, but they don't exactly have a ton of resources either.

Shit's scary, especially since it can happen anytime.




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