Doodie

"This new bill would eliminate a citizen's duty to avoid the threat, by walking away or seeking refuge in a safe place and, instead, allows the gun user to "shoot first" to eliminate the threat. "-Raging Hippie

This is a statement by some anti-gun organization or another (by the way, if you e-mail me stuff, cite sources when at all possible).

Let's talk about duty.

As a soldier, I know that duty is associated with responsibility and accountability. As a citizen, you have a duty to obey laws, pay taxes, and report crimes against other citizens. There is no "duty" to avoid threats. Common sense dictates that you avoid threats where possible, but let's face it: You can't always avoid a bad situation in a world full of crystal meth and crack.

According to the UN, The Constitution, and instinct, every human being alive has the right to defend themselves when threatened. If that human being is carrying a weapon, don't threaten them. If we still carried six-guns out in public there would be less "random" crime. Random Crime is the label applied to people taking stuff from or hurting people that they don't know or are not associated with. You know, car-jackings and such.

According to the quote above, we are obligated to cower down in fear on our sovereign soil because some junkie wants to take our hard earned property.

My duty is to my family first. I have to keep them safe, teach them to think for themselves, and show them an example of how a man behaves. Some twerp with a knife isn't taking shit from me except a beating. Some crackhead with a gun will probably get my car, but not until my family is dismounted. If a man tries to harm my family, he dies, by whatever means I have at my disposal.

If responsible law-abiding adults feel that they need to carry a gun, it is their right to do so. It is no small thing to kill a man, and a man nervous enough to pull a gun for no good reason is probably not going to shoot. I would like to see stats on self-defense shootings in this country.

Anyway, this is just another example of an apologist approach to life. Since I have a job and earn money, should I hide from the low-life who doesn't ? I don't think so.