CO: Armed passerby holds attacker with knife for police

[ELB]

https://kdvr.com/2018/08/20/man-with-kn ... ter-crash/

Fountain, CO. This was back in August.

Man on bus pulls knife, attacks bus driver, grabs wheel and causes bus to crash. Busts out window of bus and attempts to flee but a passerby armed with a gun confronted him. Knife man drops his knife, police grab him when they show up.

[oljames3]

https://kdvr.com/2018/08/20/man-with-kn ... ter-crash/

Fountain, CO. This was back in August.

Man on bus pulls knife, attacks bus driver, grabs wheel and causes bus to crash. Busts out window of bus and attempts to flee but a passerby armed with a gun confronted him. Knife man drops his knife, police grab him when they show up.

So, once again, a legally armed citizen draws his gun and is not shot by the police when they arrive. Seems like a trend.

[carlson1]

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[03Lightningrocks]

Funny, when I first read the subject I thought it would be a story about the passerby using a knife to hold the attacker.

[ScottDLS]

Funny, when I first read the subject I thought it would be a story about the passerby using a knife to hold the attacker.

Armed passerby holds knife attacker for police.

[KLB]

Funny, when I first read the subject I thought it would be a story about the passerby using a knife to hold the attacker.

No doubt the headline is ambiguous, as many headlines are. As a lawyer, I've spent a lot of time and effort so that my contracts could not be misunderstood. The complete realization of that goal remains aspirational.

[ELB]

Adjectives modify the nouns they are closest to.

“Armed” modifies “passerby”.

“With knife” modifies “attacker”.

“Armed passerby with knife” would mean the passerby had a knife. But he didn’t, the attacker did, so the attacker is “with knife.”

[RoyGBiv]

Funny, when I first read the subject I thought it would be a story about the passerby using a knife to hold the attacker.

No doubt the headline is ambiguous, as many headlines are. As a lawyer, I've spent a lot of time and effort so that my contracts could not be misunderstood. The complete realization of that goal remains aspirational.

I've negotiated billions in commercial contracts. I agree with you about ridding documents of ambiguity being "aspirational" KLB.