But if someone found themselves in that position most criminals would get the point with a shot to the knee or leg or hand or ass or whatever. Just avoid the vitals.
Which goes against all the rules of shooting people. Aim for centre mass, don't shoot what you don't want to kill etc. Sorry, but that bit is absolute bollocks - no way is someone full of adrenaline and who has probably never fired a shot in anger going to be able to accurately target a body part like that, and if you shoot you know that.
For the most part I agree, but even shooting for center mass isn't an instant death sentence. Unless the intruder or criminal is out of their mind on something even the sight of a gun is sometimes enough to change their minds. Imagine yourself sneaking into a dark house and hearing the sound of someone cocking their weapon. I'd know right away that if I continued bad shit was going to happen and think really hard about what was about to happen.
The key point is you never shoot anything you aren't happy killing, though. Yes, shooting them in the chest may not kill them but I'd not take the odds, personally.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not even that anti-gun and I've definitely own them if they were legal, but I don't really like the idea of all my neighbors owning them so I prefer the legality being that nobody can.
I don't think there was ever, or will ever be a time when someone in a self defense position would be happy hurting someone. To me it wouldn't matter what the weapon was, I don't like the idea of hurting anyone but I'd do it with whatever weapon I could get if it meant protecting my family.
That's part of the idea behind concealed carry. You have to assume everyone is carrying a gun and it should make you think before you decide to carry out a crime on that person.
'Course it doesn't take away the latent fear that someone potentially concealing a gun also has the potential to go completely postal.
Don't make me use the "Guns don't kill people" speech on you mister!
If I were going to kill someone I think it would be much more fun to chase them around with my car!
I knew that was setting me up for all sorts o' crap. :J
I think that Chris Rock sketch sums it all up for me - the guns don't kill people, bullets do thing.
This has probably been linked and viewed to death already, but here it is:
Man CR used to be great.
I wonder how many guns he owns?
Well, I am not really a Chris Rock fan, but there's a lot of truth in his routine. It is usually white whackos shooting up schools. Thank God I stay brown all year long. :-P