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Venus Pax wrote:I don't like the idea of giving a man that is in my home, taking my things, and has a buddy upstairs doing something to make my child cry the option to live.
These people are criminals, and many are psychopaths, sociopaths, or sadists. Perhaps my ill-feeling toward these guys arises from being a woman, or possibly from being the child of a mother who processed police reports and read all the ugly, or simply from reading books on the minds of violent criminals.
If they're in my house, I'm going to assume that they are either there to harm me or my family, or that they will if they think I can identify them or assist in their capture. This assumption will become clear fact if I hear my child screaming for help.
I'm not going to make my way to my child's room with my back to a man that has broken into my house, whether he is armed or not. By simply being a man, he has an edge on me. He's stronger. (Most women are too.) I'm going to shoot him quickly, then run to the aid of my child. I will shoot the person attacking my child in any way that will get him away from her, and when she is far enough away that I'm sure she won't be hurt, I will shoot again to kill (if BG isn't dead already). I will lock child & myself in a room until LEOs arrive, just incase my shots weren't deadly.

If these people CHOOSE to break into my home, then they chose to commit suicide. I have an obligation to my family to protect myself. I have an obligation to my family to protect them. I have no obligation to a criminal that threatens the safety of my family or me.