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As a side note. If you believe that the police are there to protect you, you need to rethink that. The police are there to write a report and investigate a crime after the crime has been committed. It is rare when the police arrive in time to prevent a crime. There is an old saying. "when seconds count, the police are only minutes away". The police are NOT there to protect you.
Like I said, I have no problem with gun ownership at home
That's the point after all. Who knows what would have happened if some trigger happy cowboy was present. He draws, the badguy shoots, other guy shoots, somebody in the middle gets hit.
You can what if things to death, but you can't point out examples of where that happens.. For every bad shoot you can find, I guarantee you I can find 20 good shoots. People that carry firearms in their person legally do so with a great deal of respect for their responsibility. Most have had to undergo training to know when and where it is appropriate to use deadly force. It's not the wild west for crying out loud.
But they did not go wrong. Don't you think that the ones that went wrong would be all over the news?
Many of those stories are not at homes. Many are at businesses.
Re read my post. They could have easily gone wrong. Who knows of the robbers have accomplices waiting or maybe they're quicker to the draw than you are. Money is not worth dying over or risking the lives of others for.
You can what if things to death, but you can't point out examples of where that happens.. For every bad shoot you can find, I guarantee you I can find 20 good shoots. People that carry firearms in their person legally do so with a great deal of respect for their responsibility. Most have had to undergo training to know when and where it is appropriate to use deadly force. It's not the wild west for crying out loud.
But you do have situations where people shoot first and question later. Responsible gun owners should want this guy held accountable for his actions.
You would rather have those people injured or killed?
If you get involved in trying to stop a robbery you run that risk anyway. A shootout could turn a robbery where only money is stolen and no one gets hurt into a blood bath.
As I said in an earlier post. The police are there to investigate and file a report. If this shooting is ruled to be a homicide or a manslaughter, charges will be brought against the defendant. If it is found to be and he is found guilty then he should be charged, but the example you just posted has nothing to do with carrying a firearm in the public. This man was in his home. You could probably have found a better example to make your case, but when you do, get ready for an avalanche of instances where someone properly used a firearm to stop a criminal in a legal shoot.
Thank you.. This is one of the points I've been trying to make except my point has been lost from all the squabbling and pro-gun stuff. Apparently it is wrong of me to say that I don't agree with guns being carried around in public.
Please quote someone saying it's wrong for you to not agree with guns being carried in public?
As I said in an earlier post. The police are there to investigate and file a report. If this shooting is ruled to be a homicide or a manslaughter, charges will be brought against the defendant. If it is found to be and he is found guilty then he should be charged, but the example you just posted has nothing to do with carrying a firearm in the public. This man was in his home. You could probably have found a better example to make your case, but when you do, get ready for an avalanche of instances where someone properly used a firearm to stop a criminal in a legal shoot.
I have no problem with lawful legitimate defense, but you cant gloss over glaring wrongs.
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