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Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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9. The decision to kill while in personal danger or...

Reply to beevul (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 12:19 PM

Dec 2015

...witnessing a danger to family and loved ones is a very much "at that moment" one.

IMHO, preparing for it, namely being ready to be able to kill, enables that decision for that day. Eschewing any weapon of recourse removes the option of ever being able to make that decision. I can't fault someone for not killing even if they are killed as a result. I think it's shortsighted to rule out the option. YMMV.

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I'd have let him rob me,, Fuck guns. Gregorian Dec 2015 #2

that's your choice discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2015 #3

What if he wanted more than mere possessions? beevul Dec 2015 #6

That is a tough one. Gregorian Dec 2015 #7

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