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From: brooks@lll-crg.ARPA (Eugene D. Brooks III)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Re: re: home defense
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Date: Tue, 4-Jun-85 00:01:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun  4 00:01:20 1985
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> Unless you are positive that you are prepared to shoot and kill another
> human being, don't keep a weapon around in the hopes of scaring someone
> off.  Any offensive weapon (even if it is for "home defense") can
> quickly enough become an offensive weapon in the hands of the intruder
> unless you are very effective with it.  Remember, he has a higher
> motivation than you as soon as you fire that first shot.  If you want to
> find out if you have the guts to kill another person, first go out deer
> hunting with a borrowed rifle.  After you have shot the deer in the gut
> and it is lying on the ground with its innards pouring out, if you can
> calmly walk over and put that last bullet in its head (or heart) and
> then get a good nights sleep, then you MIGHT have what it takes.

How can you compare killing a poor defenseless deer to stopping someone
who is about to you harm!  What a piss poor analogy,  now put the deer
in a position where it is about to kick your face in and ask the person
if he can shoot it in the rear to stop it from kicking.  That is more
like it.  So what if you can't sleep afterwards, at least you aren't sleeping
permanently.

> Once you have decided you can face the prospect of killing someone, then
> plan to do it.  Get trained, and don't take pot shots in the air.  Aim
> for the face and do it right - once.

Again the wrong viewpoint, you should not have the intent of killing someone,
that is illegal and immoral, you are out to stop someone from doing you
grave bodily injury.  If the assailant just happens to break through your
best deadbolt lock and the police don't arrive in time, they rarely do,
the last line of defence is your pistol.  The first shot should be square
for the chest as its the biggest target that will produce man stopping
shock when hit.  The second shot should be there as well.  If the bugger
is still moving after that and he still presents a threat, the only condition
under which you can fire in the first place, then he ought to be moving
slowly enough for a shot to the head which is guarranted to stop even if he
is totally wacked out on pain killer.  The fact that fellow dies as a result
of being stopped is an undesireable side effect.  There simply isn't a reliable
way to stop him otherwise and I will be a proponent of a new non-killing way if
it is proven to be reliable.