🚀 go-pugleaf

USA_First wrote:

> An intelligent person might consider all the possible scenarios and
> plan accordingly.  For instance, if I were to encounter a large, knife-
> weilding subject standing 15 feet away who looks at me and begins to
> close that space, I think pulling the trigger might be justified.
> However, discovering a 12 year old crawling back out my window with my
> 27" RCA would be legally and morally irresponsible.  Don't you?

1. You wake up in the middle of the night, see a bugler and you're going to
consider all possible scenarios and plan accordingly. It's too late to be
considering scenarios and  planning.

2. 15 feet is a long distance is a home. Think 7 feet. In either case if
he's moving toward you with a knife it's too late to grab the gun.

3. Believe it or not a 12 year old bugler is more likely to be carrying a
gun than a experienced 25 year old bugler. Most experienced buglers know
better (it really ups the jail time). And, the kids think it's macho.

4. You yell stop at the kid. He drops the TV, runs and gets away. Are you
going to chase him with you in your pj's, underwear, or naked? Now he's
free to do it again and come back better prepared. Or, go after other
homes, again better prepared.

5. How moral is it to let a thief escape and steal from someone else? Sure
you will feel bad if you shot the kid. But, he is the one who put himself
in that position. He doesn't respect you, so why should you respect him?

--
Jim

carry on