I’m going to set some of you people straight. I have been smeared, and my comments have been misrepresented by people who can’t comprehend a simple paragraph of English or by people who are being outright dishonest. If you fall into either of these groups, listen up, I’m talking to you.
1) I am familiar with felony murder, and no, I was not “MISTAKENLY referring” to it, although, it is related in a general way. I am arguing what is moral, not what is necessarily legal – I made that point explicitly.
2) SFC, way to build a flimsy straw man of my argument. I never suggested that “one can just start firing in the general direction without regard for bystanders”. In fact, I said that one should always be mindful of bystanders. It’s ironic, but you need to reread your Russell quote. I think it applies here.
3) I don’t have a “reckless attitude”; I have a different moral opinion on a very difficult situation/scenario. I’m anything but reckless. I am very careful with my firearms and any other potentially dangerous object, and I have never had an accident involving a firearm.
4) What covers the bullets that leave my gun is my best judgment, not necessarily the law. Hopefully these two things don’t conflict. But if they do, I’m taking the actions that I judge to be necessary to defend my family – even if I have to pay the legal price for it, my family’s safety is worth that to me. If you let the law restrain you from doing what is necessary to defend your family from an imminent threat, then I feel badly for your family.
5) mmckee1952, I have no idea what you’re saying. I was not asking a question at all. I was stating my opinion. For the record, we took an official all-day class that was put on by our local sheriff’s office. It was some of the worst training that I have ever received. It was full of personal anecdotes given by every LEO in the room. Whenever someone ask a specific question dealing the law the instructor would bob and weave giving qualified and evasive answers before he’d get sidetracked by one of his “back in the day” stories.
6) Lastly, as a former infantry platoon leader, I am far from new to the gun world. Of course, I am new to concealed carry, which is why I’m on this forum.
Some of you, seems to me, blindly subscribe to any cliché that is repeated often enough, such as “no matter what you own the bullet”. And some of you view the law as the final moral authority on any subject. Let me present a scenario to you. If you were to wake up at 3:30 in the morning to a man with a gun climbing into your window that just happened to overlook your neighbor’s home, would you take the shot? You could be groggy, nervous, and/or scared and miss the intruder. Where would that bullet go? Or, you could even hit the intruder, maybe in the neck and get over penetration. Don’t forget, your neighbor’s house is directly behind the BG. Are you not going to take the shot? If you would, then you’re a hypocrite and you owe me an apology. If you wouldn’t, then you don’t value your family enough, and if I were you, I wouldn’t let them read this thread.
