Last month there was this thread about a sheriff's deputy who shot his own teen daughter walking into his darkened garage. I had a running argument with this jerk freeper DoughtyOne who said it was the daughter's fault she got shot, and he would blast away at a shadowy figure in his garage or house. He insulted me and called me names, because I said "know your target". And I listed examples of people confronting intruders and not shooting them, where the intruder turns out to be a child or their own kin. He insulted me by saying if I didn't shoot a shadowy figure then I would die. I have guns, and kids in the house. Even if I identify an intruder I am not going to automatically blast away, unless physically threatened. Best way to avoid jail and civil lawsuits. And possibly grief from shooting the wrong person. Gungrabbers accuse all of us of being trigger-happy, I hope most freepers are not.
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....