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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct
My property is worth what I paid for it. If someone robs me, they are telling me through their actions that they are willing to kill me to take what is mine. If someone is willing to kill me, I have the right to preempt that action with all necessary force. The only way to do that is to use the means of protection that is most likely to produce instant incapacitation and halt the attack. The way to do that is to shoot them first. I'm not thrilled with the idea of killing someone, but if I have to save my own ass by killing someone who goes around threatening to kill others if they don't hand over money, society isn't exactly losing a productive, contributing member.
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This is a big ole can of spam in that it places a dollar value on human life... both yours and your attackers.
How much is the life of the robber worth? Your new car? A plasma screen TV? Your wallet?
How much is your life worth? The contents of your wallet? You're not superman... just because you have a pistol and draw doesn't mean he can't kill you with his knife, tire iron, or cheaper pistol. As you know, a man brandishing a knife at 21 feet is considered a lethal threat. You have to figure that a mugger will be much, much closer when asking for your wallet.
Would you seriously kill somebody over the replaceable contents of your wallet?
Driver's license? Pain in the ass. Credit cards? Turned off in 30 seconds.
You have to assume that when the steel comes out of the leather and you level it at them... there are no warning shots, no flesh wounds... that you are going to pull the trigger on center mass and destroy their body with multiple rounds directed at their vital organs.
I'm not going to kill a man for the contents of my wallet.
I'm not a pussy, I'm not a coward... I'm a realist.