One Dead After Reported Home Invasion, Shooting In OK City

[The Green Manalishi]

5. Completely agree

There is a difference between being prepared to deal with a violent attack on one hand (an entirely rational thing; low probability where I happen to live thankfully) and wanting to play vigilante, Rambo or just looking for trouble on the other.

No desire to hurt another person. And to be honest, any material possession I have is not worth the taking of a human (or canine) life for.

However if someone is intending to harm me or my loved ones - and kicking in a door is about as much proof as anyone should need - then terminating their corporeal existence is justified and possibly necessary; but I sure as the hell would feel shitty about it for the rest of my life, no matter how horrible of a person they were.

I view my defensive preparations much as I do my fire insurance policy - really hope to hell they are NEVER needed, because even the best case scenario where they are would be traumatic and horrible for all concerned.