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Originally Posted by willravel
I don't know how much more clear I can make this. They aren't pulling the trigger. You are. They are tempting you to take their life, sure, but it's not like you don't have a choice. YOU pull the trigger. You always have a choice, and it's in that choice that you either take responsibility for their life or not. You make it seem as if you have lose the ability to control yourself if threatened. If that's the case, you have no business with a weapon. If that's not the case, you're wrong and have proven my point.
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Will, now your pacifism is bordeline unrealistic. If bad guy is swinging a 6 inch knife towards my chest, I can make the choice to just stand there and die? Or take a greater risk of injury and use non-lethal self defense? I'm sorry my friend, but that's just plain lunacy. It's completely ridiculous to place the onus of their death on me because they tried to kill me first.
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Originally Posted by Ch'i
And taking away the use of an automatic rifle deprives you of that option?
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Taking away the use of ANY weapon deprives me of my choice for the best defensive weapon for any given situation.
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Last edited by dksuddeth; 11-13-2006 at 04:05 PM..
Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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