(February 10, 2022 at 11:48 am)Brian37 Wrote:(February 10, 2022 at 11:29 am)Jehanne Wrote: Being in an extreme situation where a gun can save one's life or that of others, absent training and experience, is a wash. You may, 1) kill the perp (who, in most instances, as I said before, is there in your home to steal your stuff and is going to leave very quickly anyways), or 2) kill a family member (has happened with professional law-enforcement snipers who mistook their target), or 3), the perp may take the gun from you and kill you (around 20% of police officers who are killed in the line of duty die from their own sidearm), or 4) an innocent bystander may be hit or killed from your bullets and/or the debris from them.
It is a complete myth that there is more success confronting someone with a firearm will end up like a Hollywood movie where the good guy saves the day. The truth is that introducing a firearm into a conflict is far more likely to get you injured or killed. And especially in the home. You are far more likely to commit suicide, or accidentally injure or kill yourself, or commit domestic violence.
Not only that sometimes the police will show up and shoot someone, anyone, who is holding a gun! I should have listed that as being #5.
