You Have The Right To Protect Yourself

Wow, this is from the "they need a law for this?" file. There is a bill going through congress right now to allow people to purchase firearms to protect themselves and others and grant them protections when they use that right lawfully.

Wait a fucking minute here! There should NEVER be a reason why people are arrested, charged, or prosecuted for shooting someone who's attacking you. If prosecutors or officers do so, they should be fired on the spot. If there's a question of legality, that's fine, but the bill gives 3 examples of law abiding citizens shooting attackers and then being arrested for defending themselves.

What REALLY bothers me is this statistic: Of the 2,400,000 times citizens use their guns to defend themselves every year, 92 percent merely brandish their gun or fire a warning shot to scare off their attackers. Less than 8 percent of the time, does a citizen kill or wound his or her attacker."

92% of the people just point the gun or just fire off a warning shot? That's ridiculous! If someone is attacking you, shoot to kill. That's the only real way that you know they will never harm you again. What if the attacker knows where you live? Do you think they may come after you after they get out of jail? It's quite possible. A dead attacker is no longer an attacker.

I've only had to point my weapon in VERY rare circumstances and when I did, and found that the "threat" wasn't a threat, I put down my weapon. However, the instant I pulled my gun, I was mentally and physically prepared to fire upon that "threat". If you aren't prepared for that, you shouldn't be carrying a weapon. It will only be taken from you and used against you. It's the whole "sheep, sheepdog, and wolves" mentality. However, you must be able to make life and death decisions within fractions of a second. If I were arrested for lawfully defending myself or anyone else, you can bet they'd have a NASTY lawsuit on their hands.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com