Originally Posted by
SlowRolla
Then whos to say you having a gun will prevent the crime? Unless you are able to strike first, then I dont see any good coming out of it.
Obviously its a different story if they have an inferior weapon though, but if thats the case, disarming them "should" be easier and shouldnt require you shooting them.
Ive never been in these type of situations though, but not many have.
see my post #49 above......
story #1....crime stopped cause i was armed as well. criminals prefer an unarmed victim.
story #2....person w/ an inferor weapon, but crazed...crazy is a wild card ya know. i "disarmed" him cause i was legally armed with a superior weapon. if i had chosen to kill him, i could have. in the fraction of a second i had to react, i chose to shoot him in the shoulder in the hopes that it would stop &/or disarm him....which it did. i have no doubt that if it hadn't, the 2nd shot(or however many it took) i would have tried for center mass to kill him. if it had come down to the choice in his life or mine, then i chose me
thankfully, the state i live in realizes that the police or legal court orders can't protect you 100% of the time & allow me the freedom to protect my life & the lives of people i care about
that being said, i believe there is a place for some forms of gun control & that there also should be stiffer penalties for those that use guns to break the law