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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
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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There's no such thing as a 'bad guy'. There are people. If someone is swinging a 6 inch knife at your chest, you can stand still, fight, run, or you can shoot him. Those are your choices. What if, in yet another in the long line of hypothetical situations, there is an unknown accompliace with a gun? If you fight back, he's less likey to shoot to avoid friendly fire. If you run, you're not as much of a threat, AND you're a moving target. If you open fire, he shoots you and you die. 2 people die when no one needed to die. Stop trying to dodge the responsibility of owning and intending to use a gun, and stop pretending it's your only defence.