The use of guns for self defense and what
makes it justifiable is a argument which I believe rests on the circumstances of
individual cases. If someone breaks into your home and begins to take
advantage of your wife then by all means the law should allow you to pull the trigger. If you're
walking home at night and you get mugged, pull your gun.
If he backs away don't shoot, if he continues to attack and you're unable to reasonably defend yourself, pull the trigger.
Sometimes the sight of a gun will be all that's needed to protect yourself. In any case the gun is a source of power. It should only be
used when you feel overpowered and unable to protect yourself in any other way. The problem with all of this is that allowing people to carry guns and use
them when they feel unsafe creates an enormous loop hole for criminals.
The last thing I want to see is this nation become an unsafe,
murder-happy, merciless society. Although, I do strongly believe
in self-defense. This topic's just one of those things which depend on specific cases and circumstances.
If you do own a gun for protection, please use it with extreme
caution and for only the most severe circumstances. Sometimes the
intimidation of the weapon is enough to stop a criminal. What's worse than being mugged is killing an innocent man who was maybe just trying to tell you that you dropped your phone. It sounds ridiculous but events like this have in fact happened. Question everything.
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