(December 15, 2014 at 12:42 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I think it's nice to have that option - but I wonder how many would actually use it...and of those that do, how many were competent enough not to mis-use it. Not that I wouldn't withhold all judgement in the event of....just in general, the notion of it unconnected to any actual event or specific person... bothers me.
So many ways it can go wrong. Only one way it can go "right" - and that still leaves somebody/something shot.
If the choice is between me getting shot and an aggressor getting shot, I don't see the problem.
Of course it can all go wrong, but having no defense is not rational.
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