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Originally Posted by dyna mo
the thing i've realized with me and defending against others in a time like this is due to my gun ownership, i have trained myself to think shoot to kill, period. if i pull that trigger then unload the clip and make sure.
i don't think that's the right attitude in this situation, i would think i would be firing the gun so i can get the fuck away. ?? i haven't been able to sort out that *what if*..
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If it make syou feel any better I'll add that I myself have never shot anything in my life. I've never shot a gun with a higher calibre than a certain few rather high-powered pellet/dart guns (high-powered by pellet and dart gun standards anyway). The last pellet gun I owned was a gas gun, a dirty harry 44 mag replica, that could put someone's eye out but that's about it. No stopping power whatsoever.
However, I am very confident that in a critical situation I * could * shoot someone with a shotgun, rifle or hand gun. If it was a case of them or me, or preventing them from getting to someone I care about or the supplies we worked so hard to ensure our own survival, I would drop the fucker in a heartbeat.
I was a very good shot with the weapons I did use.
Would it bother me to take a life? Absolutely. But I'm pretty sure it would bother me more to see someone I care about killed, or myself for that matter.