There are some people that think just because they own a gun, they can just shoot any dammed thing that moves, and ask questions later. I love guns as much as anyone. Even the “evil black rifles”(I own sever AR type rifles, and a couple of AK variants, along with many other firearms).
I’ve NEVER yet had to fire on any one in self defense, and if God is good, I’ll never have too; however, I’ll do so in a split second if it means protecting myself or my family(or country).
Having said that, I’ll choose my targets WISELY in defense, because I don’t want to kill any innocent people, or those I’d like to protect. I also don’t want to get put into a cage for making a mistake.
All of the above sets a pretty high bar for when to pull that trigger....
Absolutely. Besides not wanting to arbitrarily kill innocent people. Even then, some who are not innocent don't warrant getting killed. I have a nephew, when he was 12 fell in with the wrong crowd. Older teens talked him into sneaking through a garage window to open the door for them to burglarize the garage. Lights come on, and he's staring at the business end of the owner's revolver. Owner tells him to sit on the concrete floor, and owner calls the police. Nephew did some time in juvenile lockup. Went straight after that, never any more trouble and is now in his late twenties married with two kids. That owner didn't automatically fire at my nephew, otherwise my sister would've cried over a loss of her 12-year-old son.
I've had guns shoved in my face, and am glad I wasn't shot. One time me and my girlfriend are parked, and some drunk black guy banged hard into my car while trying to park behind me. I jumped out, grabbed his neck by the collar giving him the 3rd degree. Was about to deck him when his black girlfriend yells at me to let him go, she's standing six feet away pointing a revolver at my head, and her hands were shaking… a lot. Let go of the guy, told her we're cool and I'm leaving. Next day, I parked across the street. Black gal comes up to me asking how I'm doing, and we had a friendly chat, all's fine. Sometimes people make mistakes and shoot others in the heat of the moment. Other times people choose their targets wisely and defuse the situation. Congrats to you for being wise.