Firearms yes or no

[ASWnut101]

Originally Posted by Penelope_Grey

Well if that is the case, fighting would be futile probably as the intruder would doubtless be prepared for your attempted resistance or fleeing.

I highly doubt that a person would intentionally intrude into someone's home when they know the person is armed.

Maybe, but that does not automatically give me the right to blwo his brains out with a gun.

So if he had, say a knife, you would allow him to keep at you? Even if he wanted to kill you?

Glad I don't live there then, because some of the people in this thread have pretty much said they would shoot first and forgo even bothering to ask questions and claim they were in fear for their life, sounds to me like that kind of system lets the killers walk free. Here in the UK we have reasonable force I will find out about what it says when your life is threatened and there is evidence to suggest that how far you can go.

Well, I'm glad I don't live in a country that dosen't allow me to defend myself to the fullest extent.

A thigh and upper leg area is an easy enough area of the body to hit, drugs or not, you put a bullet or two in someones thigh and they WILL fall down. They may not feel it, but you can't stand without your thighs, its a given fact.

Having shot at full body targets, I can say this: Hitting a thigh is quite difficult. Now, add the fact that you are scared (from the knowledge that someone is somewhere doing something in your house), tired, and it's dark. Possibility of hitting a thigh on purpose is very hard.

But not everybody here in this thread would be so lenient as to allow the intruder chance to leave.

Actually, almost everyone here would agree to give the person a chance to leave. Or at least they would call "STOP!" (or something along those lines) before firing. Your gun is a last resort. The only thing is, the "resorts" go along very fast.

They would simply shoot him there and then... or so they say... therefore, I am left to assume from what I see here, the majority of pro-gun people are perfectly happy to kill, even whether they realise it or not, are looking for every possible instance where they can be excused for doing so.

After giving the intruder a chance, of course.