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01-25-2008 01:58 PM |
You are right and I probably should have explained myself better. If someone comes into my house, sees that I'm armed and they run away, then of course I will not shoot them. However, if someone comes into my home and I see that they are armed, they are going to die. There are so many senarios and like you said, what if's and but's, and I do understand what you're saying. This is how I figure it: if someone breaks into a home knowing that there are people in the residence, the intruder has got to know that there will be some kind of confrontation. And I will be willing to bet that he is prepared for it, most likely being armed with some kind of weapon. I will be willing to take the risk of being prosecuted and found guilty because of the fact that I used deadly force to protect myself or my family when I felt threatened, whether a jury or judge agrees or not. And I can guarantee you that put in that situation, almost every single one of you will take that risk. Unfortunately, the laws are what they are and that is just a risk that I will have to take. But like I said before, I do agree with you, although our choices may be different.
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