That statement is very wide,,,
It burns me up when I see gun owners chastising a guy who is doing nothing more than defendinging himself from being killed on his own property.
I can't completely agree with this,,,
If a guy is in his house/apartment and empties a 30 round magazine at a bad guy,,,
And 28 of those rounds end up in my or my kids bedroom,,,
I am going to take very strong issue with his decision,,,
His life is not inherently more valuable than my kid.
Prudent use of a firearm for defense is a right I will grant anyone,,,
Haphazard use of that firearm is something I can't abide by,,,
Collateral damage is something that must be considered.
I'm not talking about legal consequences of the act,,,
I'm talking about the morality of the act.
If I successfully defend my life but later found out I took someone else's life with a stray bullet, I'm not sure what I would do,,,
Yes my life has extreme value to me and anyone who tries to take it will be met with extreme violence,,,
But I do not believe I (or anyone else) has the right to blindly wreak havoc with impunity,,,
I would place the blame on the bad guy for starting the thing in the first place,,,
But the fact would remain that I traded an innocent's life for mine.
I do not have the wisdom to dissect this argument down to it's core,,,
But I must state that we as humans must be responsible for every bullet that leaves our gun.
We can not abrogate (arrogate?) ourselves from the responsibility of collateral damage.
"Hey man, I'm so very sorry your wife/kid/parent was killed in the gunfight,,,
I was defending my life!"
Would you accept that apology from someone?
Can you imagine standing in front of a parent and delivering that apology over the grave of their child?
To heck with the legality of your actions,,,
Could you live with yourself after that?
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