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Originally Posted by Quagmire
Between this and magicmike's comment, the concern Paul has is invalid. Pulling the trigger the first time might be hard, but when you consider that we have see so much more gore and violence because of access to media and the internet, the butterflies in your stomach wouldn't be there very long.
That, and the fact that you wouldn't be taking a life for no reason. We aren't talking about pulling the trigger to kill a random person for no reason.
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Originally Posted by Anthony
Hi Paul, I shot Expert both with Pistol and Rifle. And training nowadays has us shooting at targets that silhouette a human being. You are absolutely right that pulling the trigger to take a life is hard. But I'm pretty sure by the fucked up state of our Veterans coming back from combat theater that we've got that part done pretty well.
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What if the guys coming at you are Veterans?
It's one thing to think about it, or do it on a computer screen.
The problem is the odds are the guys coming at you have less to lose and more to gain than those they're going after. Imagine a bunch of guys from the "hood" also armed to the teeth, coming after you.
Being trained to fire a gun, shooting a deer, or having a cupboard full of weapons, Isn't proof you can actually kill someone when they're standing in front of you with a gun.
http://www.military-sf.com/Killing.htm
http://american_almanac.tripod.com/grossm1.htm
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The change was triggered by a discovery that Gen S.L.A. Marshall made during the Second World War. He sent out teams to interview American infantry companies immediately after combat, with a guarantee that each soldier`s testimony would remain absolutely confidential — and he learned that up to 90 per cent of those American infantrymen had found it impossible to kill enemy soldiers.
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Here's a lot more to read.
http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#sc...w=1280&bih=811 Go read it and think about it. They were fighting next to their buddies, trying to stop them from getting killed and still the found it tough to shoot to kill.
Mr Middleclasssuburban is kidding himself, odds are the perp will shoot him with his own weapon.