I agree 100%TX Rancher wrote:True, but sitting through the class will help you better prepare in case it does happen. I don’t really see the downside to learning in this case…cpix wrote:It’s easy to sit in a class and listen to this is what you do here and this is what you do there, but when it comes down to really cracking the nuts it’s a different situation
It’s no contest for me. If pulling the trigger buys me another day, or for that matter another second, that sounds fine with me. In that “extra� time anything could happen, maybe I even win and die of old age as a result... it’s time I wouldn’t have if I didn’t pull the trigger, so why not?cpix wrote: So I think that you need to be thinking about the possibilities here. Is it better to be dead now or wait in fear for a few days or perhaps a week?
Of course it’s possible…but I don’t believe my family will end up at any increased risk. I’ve seen no indications of this in anything other then movies and novels. I also don’t see how me allowing a gang member to kill me is guaranteed better for my family…cpix wrote: Will they also kill your wife and family? ... I don’t consider this fear; I consider it intelligence.
Having these discussions and deciding on a general response (weapons/no weapons…shoot/no-shoot) is intelligent, no argument from me.
However, this is the choice that each of us have had to make before we put that application in the mail, before we put that weapon on or in the purse or pocket. Its your choice and no one can make it for you. I've made my choice.