quote:Originally posted by Lets Go Jeepin':quote:Originally posted by HIFLYER:
I hope you never use your weapon, because you do not carry one with the intent to kill. You carry one to stop the threat with center of mass shots and you never say you were trying to kill.
I had to reread your post, I see what you are saying. I stick by my statement as well, though. If you are not willing and ready to take the life, you should not be carrying the weapon. They are not toys, and in a split second they can end a life. The decision to do that should be made long before you pick up the gun or get put in the situation where you may need to use it. You hesitate at that moment, you go from saving your own life to putting it and others in even more danger.
I agree on the point if you are going to carry or be a LEO you have to accept you might kill someone if you discharge your weapon. I also agree that decision needs to be made before you carry a weapon, I just disagree on the intent to kill part. The way I look at it if I have to shoot a intruder in my house and he dies. I did not kill him, he committed suicide when he broke in my home and threatened myself or my family.