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Originally Posted by ratbastid
This is off topic, and I don't mean to threadjack with it, but I have to say, I'm deeply conflicted about the personal ownership of guns. On one hand, I hear sombody like longbough talk about the rigor and discipline and responsibility they approach gun ownership with, and I'm ALL for it. On the other, I see people talking and behaving totally the other direction about their guns--full of pompous grandstanding and swaggar--and I want laws and rules and regulations to keep weapons way far away from those people.
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I don't know that it's off topic, as the OP deals with guns and deadly force, and you are talking about the approach to the subject.
I am very disciplined in the use of firearms, but then I've had a lot of special training. Any of my children who take up firearms will have a high level of training. It's all about training. When you train, you are prone to make better decisions in short time frames, rather than react out of an emotional state, or freeze up. You act because you've already mapped out and executed your response to a situation and you can apply those principles when faced with this decision.
I would never use deadly force, unless presented with it.
I've long thought that the firearms industry should take a cue from the scuba industry. If you take up scuba, you have to train on the proper use of the equipment, what to do in an emergency, and basic first aid. Then you get what's called a "C" card, and you can go on dive trips, and buy air. With out a "C" card, you can't go on trips, and while you can buy all the gear you want, you can not buy air.
So, why not require a certification program, and without a "C" card, you can not buy ammunition?