Dramatic footage shows a man, wearing a light blue shirt and black pants, crouching behind a parked vehicle near one of the Bondi Beach gunmen before disarming him during the terror attack.

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    Lots of reasons. A counter question would be, except out of rage and adrenaline, why would you shoot him?

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      Because he may still be armed? You know that he was willing to kill 5 seconds ago and no idea what other weapons he has

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        “Just in case” doesn’t seem great justification. Keep his gun, keep it on him. That doesn’t mean you have to pull the trigger because of potentials. Granted, I didn’t go to American police school, so maybe this is wrong…

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          100% do not keep his gun unless you want to get shot by a cop who doesn’t know the situation and might shoot before understanding who is who because he thinks he is saving a civilian who is about to be executed.