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Originally Posted by Kpax
I have a very concealable, 9mm pistol. I plan to purchase hollow-points, which have about 350 lbs. of pressure and go 1450 feet per second.
That is how I defend myself.
In a world where a criminal can murder an innocent person, and the jury says no one has the "right" to put them to death, thereby ignoring the fact that the murderer put someone to death who had done nothing wrong at all, I'm going with the strongest self-defense I can legally carry.
I would rather live with the thought that I killed someone trying to steal money from me for their meth, rather than die at their hands and have a jury decide that my death was less of a crime than executing the murderer. That is the biggest injustice in this country.
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If you shoot and kill an unarmed person who is trying to steal money from you, you'd better have a good lawyer. You are only allowed to use lethal force if your LIFE is in danger ... not your money or any other thing.
It's interesting that Will and I have both been victims of violent assault; although, I haven't been shot.
I was only attacked by a group of young guys trying to prove their worth to the gang they were in (or trying to join). I had no expectation of the attack. I was walking in Columbia, MO (population at the time about 50,000) on a brightly lit street (Broadway) at around 8PM. There were numerous people around waiting in line to go to a movie(I can't remember the name of the movie or the theater. 8th street maybe?).
As I was walking toward the theater I didn't even notice the group of guys walking toward me through the crowd. Suddenly a guy wearing a green and white striped shirt punched me in the face. When I didn't go down he started to punch me again but a girl screamed and they took off. I had a broken tooth and a lacerated cheek. No one died.
I have no idea what the odds were at the time of anyone being attacked (this was 1988 or 89). It was a completely unprovoked attack. Just a case of wrong place, wrong time. However, it was not a bad neighborhood ... it was a busy, downtown area. There were many people around (none of whom offered to help). I was not armed.
So, let's play this scenario out a little differently:
Assume all of the surroundings were the same ... but let's assume I have a concealed weapon and I'm certified and legal (I don't know what the laws are in Missouri, but let's just assume).
I STILL get punched in the face. Only this time I pull a gun and shoot the mother-fucker dead right there. His buddies start to freak out and there is pandemonium on the streets as the crowd of people waiting to get in to the theater start to panic.
Some of the gang take off and run but one of THEM is armed too, only he hasn't been trained (he is a "criminal" after all) and begins firing wildly at me. He misses, I return fire and hit him in the leg or some such bullshit.
You see where this is going, right?
Eventually, James Cameron makes a movie about it and the little girl that gets shot and dies in her mother's arms is played by unknown child actress Dakota Fanning. Bruce Willis turns down the role and instead a young, up-and-coming actor is nominated for an academy award for his portrayal of me. He doesn't win. The award goes to Kevin Spacey for "American Beauty."