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Originally Posted by crisis
But what would his level of threat be compared to yours? And what level of reaction?
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I'll answer that directly rather than allow conjecture.
Given the same situation as Steve, my response would be exactly the same. The moment I saw weapons, and realized we were targeted, the gun would be out and ready. If they saw it and continued coming, things would get noisy.
Considering the circumstances as given, there would be no other choice. Considering the laws as written, I would have nothing to fear in the way of prosecution. I would be 100% in the right legally, ethically and morally.
I still fail to see where you have an issue with my position. A person should be responsible for his actions, a gun IS merely a tool (if you don't think it is, what on earth would you call it? A weapon is still a tool.) and yes, some people simply do need killing - and the four in question in Steve's situation most certainly DID need killing.
In the situation as presented, somebody was going to die that night - thankfully it was NOT Steve and his wife.