Posted by JRSutton on May 31, 2012 at 16:04:51 from (75.130.109.233):
In Reply to: OT/this is just wrong posted by Nancy Howell on May 31, 2012 at 06:31:08:
I agree on the surface, however, you really need to think it through.
First let me say I'm an NRA member, and VERY pro gun rights.
BUT - we are a society of people, and you DO need some laws in place to keep people safe.
You have to draw lines in the sand, and those lines have to err well on the side where people don't die needlessly.
The first rule in defending yourself with a gun is that - it's a gun. It's not a noise maker to scare people. If you have it out in a situation like that, you've got deadly force at your control.
Firing that gun is a use of deadly force - end of story - whether you THINK it's not going to end in death or not.
Same reason you can't shoot somebody you hate in the foot and claim it's just simple assault and not attempted murder.
There are no nuances to the use of deadly force -you either use it, or you don't. You don't get to play with it and scare people with it.
A warning shot is an attempt to kill that failed.
And you better be VERY reay to justify that attempt.
And you better remember that you don't get to play judge and jury with a gun and dole out a death sentence because you think somebody wants to steal your tools.
I get 1000% why that's infuriating, but there's also a chance that "thief" was some old timer with alzheimers who's nothing but very confused and lost and just trying to get home. Unlikely - but it DOES happen.
Owning a gun requires a high level of responsibility - whether the law dictates that or not - you have an obligation to treat a gun with the respect it deserves.
In my mind, that guy should have known better than fire a "warning" shot.
And that's not even getting into the dangers of a warning shot - that COULD kill/hurt an innocent bystander.
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