In case you're wondering. The answer is Yes to the great old question of would you pull the trigger is needed.
I know that it seems like a stupid thing to keep on running through ones' mind but I've read that part of carrying is 1) Do you want the responsibility and 2) Could you pull the trigger on another human being if warranted.
Quite honestly this has been something that I've been thinking about for years. Thank God that I've never had to make the split second decision while I've been unsure whether I could or not. Now I've got my mindset right about the matter if the need ever arises.
I have been a member of numerous boards and have spoken that I would do this or that but secretly, I was unsure of myself.
With the Washington (state) mall shooting and some of the other things that I've read, I thought to myself, what could or more importantly, what would I do?
Now, I'm not going to go off with some type of bravado and proclaim that I would do this or that, all I will say is that I've come to peace with the idea that if the need should arise because of immediate danger to myself or to my family, then I would pull the trigger.
The anti's try to make us out to be cold-blooded killers who are "itching" to take another persons life. What they fail to understand, or what they wish to overlook, is the fact that we, carrying as we do, are the ones that pray to whatever god or gods, or not pray depending, that we never have to use deadly force. But, if the need is warranted have decided to take the responsibility to do just that.
They wish to have no guns or the need for guns. I too share their desire that no guns would be needed for protection, only for "sporting" use. Unfortunately, we live in a world where not everyone has respect for one another, where everyone can trust each other and where the term criminal is slang for one who didn't use a coaster on the coffee table.
I too wish for a world such as they want, one that is peaceful and without crime. Yet, unlike them, I refused to close my eyes and bury my head into the sand. I look around me and around the world and see the evil that man can produce and what man are capable of doing to each other. Even though I am sickened by what I see, I realize that these things happen, will continue to happen, and no matter what laws are made, in America or in the world, it will never cease.
So therefore I have set the yoke upon my shoulders to try to ensure that my family and myself are protected to the best of my ability. And to also help out my fellow man (includes women) if needed.
I pray that I never have to act upon it. Yet if it ever happens I know that it is my responsibility as a human, as a son, and as a member of society.
I know that this sounds stupid, to be carrying on with something as trivial as this. That this is a matter that I should have thought out long before now. But I think that it's important to actually bring up the issue for others that have secretly been thinking the same as I. Do I have the right mindset, can or could I react the way I should if something should happen, can I take the responsibility.
So the answer is Yes. I do not wish to ever have to use lethal force, but if the need is warranted, even though I know that it will have lasting implications not only on my person but also by the courts, I have decided that if needed, I will choose to act if warranted.
Oh, and I did give the okay for that Mark 23 also
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Wayne
*Sorry for the stupid post/thread. Just something that I would share. Please delete if not appropriate subject.