“But we can’t predict that, and we can’t know that when someone has a gun in their hand.”
That explanation is little comfort to Thomas’ friend and cousin.
“But we can’t predict that, and we can’t know that when someone has a gun in their hand.”
That explanation is little comfort to Thomas’ friend and cousin.
This is not, grammatically or logically, equivalent to your claim that the victim was brandishing a gun.
I am beginning to think that English may not be your first language, if you truly cannot discern the difference between a hypothetical subject and the actual victim.