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In reply to the discussion: Sen. Al Franken Raises Doubts About Support For Assault Weapons Ban [View all]NickB79
(19,063 posts)When entertaining the idea of self-defense. Even the best-laid plans to use non-lethal force can go awry. Say your pepper spray doesn't work, or your taser snags in clothing and doesn't give a incapacitating charge? Or what if you accidentally left them in your car when you need them most? What do you do then? Do you fight with all you have in you, even if that means grabbing a frying pan or a piece of wood and crushing in someone's skull? Or do you just lie down and accept the possibility of death?
The worst possible thing in a life-or-death situation is to not be prepared mentally to take a life in defense of your own or your loved ones if it comes to that. If you don't want to rely on overtly lethal means of self-defense, that's your choice, more power to you. But you need to consider all the possible outcomes of that encounter if it ever occurs. This is one instance where you truly should think about what you'd do in a worst-case scenario.