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i prefer having the only hand to the upper hand.
Burglar Shot Dead
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Darkwing Duck
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You know where he is versus you don't know where he is. If he's jimmying open a sliding glass door, he'll just maneuver himself between the wall and the flashlight. If he has a gun and willing to go the distance with it, you'd rather know where he is then not knowing.
I'd be hard pressed to shoot a guy on the outside unless I can see clearly that he is going to certain lengths to get into the home.
If you train your gun on the individual and he shoots accurately at the barrel, what is he likely to hit? Your head, likely killing you, or your arm, likely disabling you. I don't want to give up my position.
I'd be hard pressed to shoot a guy on the outside unless I can see clearly that he is going to certain lengths to get into the home.
If you train your gun on the individual and he shoots accurately at the barrel, what is he likely to hit? Your head, likely killing you, or your arm, likely disabling you. I don't want to give up my position.
West Valley or Kearns? LOL Please tell me that you're not one of these simps that really thinks West Valley or Kearns are anything near what Watts or the Chicago projects are.
I grew up in Taylorsville just on the edge of West Valley. Approximately 4700 S. 3600 W. When I was in high school I was dating a girl that lived on the east side. On one date we invited her girl friend along but I had to swing back home to grab something. As we got further and further west this friend literally started to hyper-ventilate and cry. She was really freaking me out as I thought she had some serious health issue going on. I pulled the truck over to make sure everythhing was cool and she actually started to bawl like a 2 year old. The reason? She just knew she was going be raped and murdered. Her exact words between sobs, "I'm really, really scared. I've never been this far west before!"
You obviously have not read this entire thread since you continue to presume things that have already been stated to the contrary. I would hate to kill anyone. But if they were threat to my family, I certainly would, and wouldn't hesitate.
Do you have a wife/kids? Maybe for a single guy with nothing to defend but himself I could understand somewhat where you are coming from.
Archie Moses
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Nope. I understand the difference. With that being said, bad **** can happen anywhere. Including Disneyland.
Archie Moses
Well-Known Member
I love how he turned to "you guys are hard asses that act like killing anyone isn't a thing" card on us. Especially after we already explained how it would suck and how bad it would be. Just because I understand why people kill home intruders and what I would do if I felt my family, kids, myself were in danger, it doesn't make me a vicious killer or douche. Guys like PP need to get over themselves.
True that. I once got punched in the eye by Brer Bear when I was 8.
C l u t c H 385
Banned
I don't see it as irrational to shoot an intruder.
If by "at point", you mean being ready to fire them both, I find that easy to believe. Why is it relevant?
prodigal punk
Member
That's the entire point. He wasn't in the home. He was attempting to break in. You are both employing the same method of making my arguments seem inferior by marginalizing what I'm saying. You are contradicting yourself by saying that it would suck but you would have no reason popping off a shot without warning on a person who was attempting to get your sliding glass door open. The fact that you refuse to acknowledge that warning the intruder is a good policy, in favor of "shoot first, ask questions later" makes you come across as if you're trying to act tough. The bottom line is that in every attempt to make your point the best you can come up with is that you will do whatever it takes to protect your family. I'm not saying I wouldn't do that, I would just do it in a more reasonable way than walking downstairs, seeing that someone's trying to break in, making sure its not my kid, and then blasting him.
prodigal punk
Member
Further, just because you throw the qualifier that you would feel really bad about it, doesn't make your stance understandable, it takes away from your argument when you acknowledge the baggage that would likely come with taking another person's life, then choose to ignore it and say that you would shoot them anyway.