03-20-2018, 11:24 PM
(03-20-2018, 04:20 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(03-19-2018, 12:16 PM)David Horn Wrote:Nope. I haven't been in a situation like that yet. I can only tell you this. I've been in other dangerous situations including facing certain death. Like I said, you don't know shit about me. You don't know my strengths and my over all capabilities. You don't know my natural instincts or my feelings or the beliefs that would come into play during a situation like that one. What would you do if you were on the same situation with a firearm? Would you use it for defense without thinking twice or would you waste valuable time fucking around and mulling over the con's and talking yourself out of using it for defense?(03-18-2018, 02:48 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(03-18-2018, 10:05 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:(03-17-2018, 01:58 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote: My AR-15, deer rifle, semi-automatic pistol or shut gun could have killed or severely wounded him and saved lives.
Or your semi-automatics could have taken a lot more. Not used by you I assume, ...
It only takes one or two accurate shots to kill or severely injure a shooter like Mateen. Your view represents the view of a person who has never shot a gun, who has never hit a target with a round, who most likely has never handled a gun, who is not very familiar with them, who does not feel comfortable with them, who is most likely afraid of guns and afraid of people who have/own guns and so forth. You seem like you'd be more interested in saving yourself than saving others if you were placed in a similar situation based on the post.
Out of basic curiosity, have you ever been in a situation where an active shooter is both present and a threat? If so, how did you react? If not, how can you know how you would have reacted?
That's a good reason for gun control right there. People like you don't think twice about shooting "in defense." It may only turn out to be a burglar, or a neighbor knocking on your door. And the cops just shot another unarmed black man suspected of breaking windows, but they shot him in his own back yard just because he held up a cell phone. In defense, the cops said. And the cops will get away with this murder, because the guy is black and because they are cops.