Reply #57: Pretty Slack Logic.. We outlawed weed. That worked great.. [View All]

[Pavulon]

I have no kids so I have a sidearm condition 1 at arms reach.

I never shot anyone. No one ever shot me, and I have been around lots of angry people with weapons. The to being dead I encountered came from a improperly secured earthmover. The person who loaded it came as close to killing me as possible. If he had, by my logic, he would be a murdered. There are no accidents in cars or with thing like that. There is negligence and death.

I have had opportunity to be in a confrontation. I caught a person climbing into my window, after they punched the lock..

I shined a flashlight in his face while aiming a sidearm at this chest. He probably did not see that weapon.

He did follow my instructions. They were to open his hands and leave. This was in an apartment and there was no reason for me to push a conflict by detaining him. The law would have allowed me to shoot him. That would be legal, but IMHO unethical.

A weapon gives you the ability to control a confrontation. Just like your car or loading a D6, you choose how to conduct yourself.