RE: New Zealand Bans Assault Weapons
March 27, 2019 at 6:47 pm
(This post was last modified: March 27, 2019 at 6:47 pm by fredd bear.)
@boru.
"I have a HUGE issue with the last bit. How can one justify the use of lethal force in defense of property? "
Agreed.
HOWEVER: In about 1980, my wife and I arrived home late. Noticed the front screen door was open, help open by the door mat.
We had been burgled. Not much of a mess, and they only took the TV and a small amount of cash.
I was shocked and appalled at my own reaction. Had I been present, with a firearm, as those people carried my TV out the front door, I would have shot them.
The feeling I had was one of violation. I guess an odd thing for a man to feel.
We like to believe we know how we would react is any situation .Well, that was what I believed. Most distressing to discover that was a false belief.
Today, I hope I understand how I will react in extremis, but I don't know for a fact
"I have a HUGE issue with the last bit. How can one justify the use of lethal force in defense of property? "
Agreed.
HOWEVER: In about 1980, my wife and I arrived home late. Noticed the front screen door was open, help open by the door mat.
We had been burgled. Not much of a mess, and they only took the TV and a small amount of cash.
I was shocked and appalled at my own reaction. Had I been present, with a firearm, as those people carried my TV out the front door, I would have shot them.
The feeling I had was one of violation. I guess an odd thing for a man to feel.
We like to believe we know how we would react is any situation .Well, that was what I believed. Most distressing to discover that was a false belief.
Today, I hope I understand how I will react in extremis, but I don't know for a fact
