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In reply to the discussion: New Concealed Carry poll [View all]GreenStormCloud
(12,072 posts)You said, "So your plan is to kill someone who plans to rob you?" Not quite. My plan is to kill someone who credibly threatens to kill or greatly harm me as part of robbing me. Notice the difference between what you said and what I said. If he is going to threaten me with deadly force then I will respond with deadly force. Disparity of force and the situation will come into play.
I looked at that article. There are a lot of falsehoods in the article. I have already pointed out some of them in another post, responding to you. Nowhere in the article does the author claim that my gun will be used on me. If that were true, and known to be true, would police be placing themselves in greater danger by being armed? Gun-controllers frequently seem to assign criminals with super-ninja powers against the intended victim. If I do my part of situational awareness right, he won't get the drop on me. If I do my part of telegraphing to him that I am armed (Without drawing my gun.) then he will be very likely to leave me alone. If things go all the way south, and he presents a credible threat then I will defend myself. No more warnings. I will fire as quickly as I can draw and put the gun on target. (A little under one second at a distance of 9 feet. Over 50% of self-defense shootings are at distance of less than 9 feet, IIRC.)
I do not want universal CC. To carry in public a person should have training. I went into more detail in another post.