Re: Weapons

[truman.prevatt@netsrq.com (Truman Prevatt)]

>
>And being prepared to shoot somebody with a gun takes more than just
>learing the technique of using a gun: firearm safety lessons, target
>practice, etc.  There is a whole psycological aspect to it which you don't
>want to have to deal with "in the heat of the moment" (if you will).
>
>Ask yourself, before you go about brandishing a weapon for self-defense,
>if you are prepared to loose off a live round at a living person, and
>depending on where you hit them and the type of weapon you are using
>watching the back of their skull disintigrate in a bloody mass, etc.
>
>Sorry to be so graphic (I could be a lot more so, having done an intership
>at USC county general emergency room on the 4 to midnight shift), but that
>is what we are talking about here. Guns are not just for pointing, they
>are for shooting.  And there are a huge number of attendant consequences
>(not only the legal ones) associated with shooting a person.  Don't just
>contemplate getting a pistol and carrying it in your fanny pack,
>contemplate all the attendant consequences of electing to USE one.  If you
>are comfortable with ALL the possible consequences, THEN you can go
>through all the trouble of getting a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
>


In Viet Nam (and probably most other wars) there were many US solders that
lost their life in close combat because of a split second though of
shooting someone at point blank range.  That split second was enough time
for the other guy to make them history.  These were not the average guys
off the street.  They were trained solders, some marines and a few special
forces guys come to mine.

It is not easy folks to pull the trigger.

Truman



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