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Originally Posted by Solaris
It hasn't. We're discussing the validity of self-defense.
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Really? Because all I'm hearing from you is a lot of self-absorbed chest-thumping that does nothing to progress the discussion at all unless everyone agrees that we should all be fully armed and combat trained gunfighters.
For instance, here...
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Originally Posted by Solaris
I can make that shot. I know, I've seen me do it. Like Phuse said... their face hardly ever wears body armor.
Marksmanship is not hard - it's just that people never really do it. Once you get a few stress shoots in you, you'll be blasting faces off at close range like a pro.
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...where you seem confused by your own self-praise as to why a headshot in difficult circumstances may actually be difficult, and then you seem to be delighting in the ability to "blast faces off at close range."
Then here...
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It's only a shootout if I miss. I don't miss. It's a hell of a lot better than this guy getting to do whatever he wants unopposed. If he hadn't jammed (which tells me he's a moron who read too many Tom Clancy novels in lieu of actual training or experience) he would have killed a lot more people. I don't know about you, but I'd rather count on my own ability to negotiate a termination of hostilities than on his equipment failing him.
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...where you seem to feel it's important to point out that you could have done the job better than this moron did.
Then here...
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Originally Posted by Solaris
Honest, we're not supermen. We're just ordinary folks who happen to have a better understanding of our capabilities than most people. That's why I have exactly zero patience for arguments which hinge upon the common citizen being incapable of protecting himself because of some mythical super-powered police or military protecting them. The only difference between me and the next nerd is the training I've had and some of the cool stories I have. That's it.
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...where you fail to realize that no one is calling you "superman," and that most of us aren't armed to the teeth because we choose not to be, not because we are afraid to carry or some nonsense like that. It is a perfectly legitimate stance to say I feel like carrying a gun makes things
more dangerous for me, rather than less.
Someone else in this thread mentioned Zimmerman, and he's a perfect example. Had he not been carrying, he wouldn't have been in half the crap he's in right now. Yeah, he may have taken a good old-fashioned ass-whoopin', but he damn sure wouldn't be up on murder charges, and frankly, he deserves it for being irresponsible.
In Colorado, unless a person was an expert marksman with perfect vision in less than perfect conditions, nerves of steel and lightning fast reflexes (which other than self-proclaimed super-soldiers like you, are a fairly rare breed), then drawing a weapon and standing up in that theater would have gotten him killed lickety-split. So much for self defense.