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From: dkatz@zaphod.UUCP (Dave Katz)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Re: re: home defense
Message-ID: <272@zaphod.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Jun-85 18:02:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: zaphod.272
Posted: Fri Jun 14 18:02:08 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Jun-85 03:23:49 EDT
References: <1178@hound.UUCP> <27200001@gypsy.UUCP> <268@zaphod.UUCP> <621@lll-crg.ARPA>
Reply-To: dkatz@zaphod.UUCP (Dave Katz)
Organization: Develcon Electronics, Saskatoon, SK
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Summary: 

In article <621@lll-crg.ARPA> brooks@lll-crg.ARPA (Eugene D. Brooks III) writes:
>> 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.  ...
>> ....  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, ...
>
Sorry, that wasn't meant to be an analogy.  More like a provocation to
make people think about their attitudes on killing before they freeze up
standing in the middle of their home holding a pistol, rifle, whatever
on an intruder.  I agree the situations are entirely different, but the
first question that you have to ask yourself is "Am I prepared to KILL?"

If you are buying a weapon for a loved one, are they prepared to kill?
Ask them honestly, don't pressure them into an untenable position.