There are two great evils: Freedom and Suppression of Freedom.

[WinterBorn]

Escalating violence with a gun is hardly going to help.

It will help the potential victim/innocent party. As for the violent attacker, that is much less of a concern to me.

 

[Man of Ethics]

If that's how you want to explain away a claim you know you cannot prove to be true - I then accept your concession of the point.

I guess Simple Assault is the most common form of Assault, but I am not an expert. Here.

 

[Man of Ethics]

It will help the potential victim/innocent party. As for the violent attacker, that is much less of a concern to me.

I am not sure escalating any confrontation can help anyone.

 

[M14 Shooter]

I do not find comparison between fending off a simple assault and things like murder and suicide valid.

Fact remains: You have the right to defend yourself from assault, with deadly force, if you have a reasonable fear of harm.
Thus, your opinion does not matter.

 

[M14 Shooter]

I guess Simple Assault is the most common form of Assault, but I am not an expert. Here.

Your source proves your claim false.
Well done.

 

[Man of Ethics]

Fact remains: You have the right to defend yourself from assault, with dedlty force, if you have a reasonable fear of harm.
Thus, your opinion does not matter.

There are about 300-400 justifiable homicides per year in USA.

 

[M14 Shooter]

I am not sure escalating any confrontation can help anyone.

Responding to violence already visited upon you is not an escalation.

 

[M14 Shooter]

There are about 300-400 justifiable homicides per year in USA.

A meaningless metric, as you know, because the defensive use of a firearm does not necessitate a discharge of said firearm.
Why do you repeat something you know to be irrelevant?

 

[WinterBorn]

I am not sure escalating any confrontation can help anyone.

It will help the victim not be assaulted. It will also, likely help stop or delay any future victims of the violent criminal.

 

[WinterBorn]

There are about 300-400 justifiable homicides per year in USA.

And hundreds of thousands of crimes stopped by armed, law abiding citizens.

 

[WinterBorn]

I am not sure escalating any confrontation can help anyone.

As I said, it will help the potential victim. And it could prevent future assaults by the violent criminal.

Do you suggest the victims not fight back? That they simply accept the assault?

 

[Man of Ethics]

Do you suggest the victims not fight back? That they simply accept the assault?

I do not know. I am not a self-defense expert. But escalation can harm the victim.

 

[Man of Ethics]

I am not an expert in self-defense.

Just Common Sense tells me that most people are not Action Movie heroes.

 

[M14 Shooter]

I do not know. I am not a self-defense expert. But escalation can harm the victim.

Responding to violence already visited upon you is not an escalation.

 

[M14 Shooter]

I am not an expert in self-defense.
Just Common Sense tells me that most people are not Action Movie heroes.

You admit you have no idea what you;re talking about, and then opine on something you just admitted to having no idea what you're talking about.

 

[WinterBorn]

I do not know. I am not a self-defense expert. But escalation can harm the victim.

And passively taking an assault won't harm the victim?

 

[WinterBorn]

I am not an expert in self-defense.

Just Common Sense tells me that most people are not Action Movie heroes.

Most people can learn to shoot effectively if they invest a little time in it. And having situational awareness and a plan make you even more prepared.

We have discussed, at length, what we will do if someone breaks into our house in the middle of the night. I'll put money on us over the criminal.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

Responding to violence already visited upon you is not an escalation.
Why do you hate the fact people defend themselves with firearms FAR more often that people are killed with firearms?

It makes perfect sense, as long as you assume that Relative Ethics is on the side of the subhuman criminal shit, and against the side of human beings.

 

[M14 Shooter]

It makes perfect sense, as long as you assume that Relative Ethics is on the side of the subhuman criminal shit, and against the side of human beings.

Or, on the side of an all-powerful state - which is more or less the same thing.

 

[Man of Ethics]

It makes perfect sense, as long as you assume that Relative Ethics is on the side of the subhuman criminal shit, and against the side of human beings.

I am on the side of perpetrator-victims of suicides.