Poll: Would you kill a man?
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No. I'm as bad as he is if I kill him. The moral high ground doesn't keep you alive, but it does keep you satisfied.
I've actually had something similar happen and can give an honest answer. I woke early one morning to the sounds of shattering glass. Instinct took over from here, as my heart started pounding and I fumbled for my dresser for the handgun I keep there. I opened my door and stuck my head out to look, and that's when I had the luckiest moment in my life. A bullet lodges in the doorframe a couple inches from my head. I aimed and quickly put two rounds into the intruder's chest. There was no thinking, no real "I'm gonna die I'd better shoot" or anything like that, just pure instinct and fear.
I called 911, and by the time the paramedics arrived, the man was gone. There's no duty to retreat clause here in NC, so I only had to answer some questions from the police before I was free to go. Still haunted by that night sometimes. I'd advise to retreat or disarm the person if possible, because once you take someone's life, it stays with you forever. Even if it was the "right" thing to do.
I called 911, and by the time the paramedics arrived, the man was gone. There's no duty to retreat clause here in NC, so I only had to answer some questions from the police before I was free to go. Still haunted by that night sometimes. I'd advise to retreat or disarm the person if possible, because once you take someone's life, it stays with you forever. Even if it was the "right" thing to do.
That sounds awful...Crimsane said:
It's interesting that you point out what you would be thinking. If somebody had shot at your head, you wouldn't exactly be thinking "Hmmm...should I kill him? It may be my only choice...but I could run, I suppose."
Yeah. Hell there are a lot of circumstance where i'd kill someone willingly (willingly, not happily).
Mind you i say that now, but until i'm actually put into such a circumstance i don't know.
Mind you i say that now, but until i'm actually put into such a circumstance i don't know.
If someone brandishes a deadly weapon at me and threatens to kill me, I will attack them with everything I have the instant it becomes a viable option. Will I kill him? That depends on how the fight goes. If we're fighting over the gun, I would be willing to shoot him given the chance, or if we're wrestling and I collapse his windpipe; things like that I would do. I wouldn't subdue him then just shoot him though.
Anyone that threatens me and it's not blatantly obvious as a joke will be met with a roughly equivalent reaction.
Anyone that threatens me and it's not blatantly obvious as a joke will be met with a roughly equivalent reaction.