ajr80
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I can agree with what all of you have said. Essentially a threat is a threat! When I sit back and really think about this, I'm afraid that I would hesitate when faced with the situation of using deadly force against a child.
<snip> But what about when it's a kid, a pregnant woman or an elderly person that his/her dementia is making them act violently?
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How do you get those? From what I've researched they are impossible to find now...
The below link is a news story about 4 children, ages 11 to 13, ...
The law may consider that a child for the purposes of the law. It is NOT a child for the purposes of what they are capable of doing with their free will and physical abilities. Parents should be held responsible when their "child" does these things or they can visit their 12-yr old in prison if he survives. Some of these same "children" are bad parents themselves.
As for old people with dementia, that doesn't stop their gun from being as deadly as someone with malintent. Too bad their kids left them to fend for themselves when it got that bad. The person with dementia isn't going to be the person that cares either way.
I know this thread is a lil old, but feel compelled to reply. I, unfortunately, have seen situations like this is Afghanistan. I myself did not have to "take Action" but others around me have. As has been said, a threat is a threat.
Welcome to the forum Chmcke01.I know this probably isn't the way it should be, but I think it really depends...Older kids like "tweens" and older I think I would treat a threat as a threat as others have said. However, I don't think I could kill a kid like under 10 just to save myself...but I would if my daughters life was at risk.
Welcome to the forum Chmcke01.
To stimulate some thinking - would you deprive your daughter of her father?
Shooting someone is not where any of us want to be......but to stop the threat to me or mine is not a choice I have to make. The aggressor makes that choice and puts the wheels in motion.
Welcome to the forum Chmcke01.
To stimulate some thinking - would you deprive your daughter of her father?
Shooting someone is not where any of us want to be......but to stop the threat to me or mine is not a choice I have to make. The aggressor makes that choice and puts the wheels in motion.
I know this probably isn't the way it should be, but I think it really depends...Older kids like "tweens" and older I think I would treat a threat as a threat as others have said. However, I don't think I could kill a kid like under 10 just to save myself...but I would if my daughters life was at risk.
Welcome. It's refreshing to see another Bath County resident join this forum. Your response is interesting because you would have that hesitation that I described in the OP (I may very well hesitate myself if faced with this type of threat) . Not busting your chops, just pointing out that every ones minds works differently. As Grapeshot has said, that may be a mindset that you will want to consider changing. Shooting anyone would be awful. I'm sure it being a kid would add to the stress of the situation. But as others have said, a threat is a threat.
Yep, does appear a good place to live.....but we carry for hoped for never needed reasons.That's probably true, but I still don't think I could do it. No one really knows what they would actually do until they are in that situation but I like to think I would put my life at risk to save a child I didn't know so I certainly don't think I could cause the death of a child. I think I would try to "talk them down." I know in some places there are young children in gangs who would knowingly kill people...but this isn't something I have seen or even heard of around here.