“...but nobody would be dead.”
I CAN’T STAND this attitude (with ANY event) where the thinking is that ONLY if you are in fear for your life do you have a right to defend yourself. If someone is trying to harm me, destroy something of mine, or steal something (among other things), they run the risk of getting shot as I try to stop them. And I have not only the legal right, but the God-given right to do so. (Well, legally it needs to be a felony in my state, which would mean stealing or damaging something more than $250. But I must be honest, if some kid is running away with my T.V. he’s probably ok, if it is my laptop with a lot of my work on it, he grabbed the wrong thing.
I think I read in Guns Crime and Freedom where someone said
something akin to I will happily put down my guns when the other guy puts his down first. Problem with “gun control” laws is they infringe upon the second amendment rights -Rights that are fundamentally given by God and only recognized by governments made by men.And when the laws are passed to disarm the populace we will be served TYRANNY and Despotism — and Slavery-For I assure you the enemy and the criminal will choose to ignore the laws made to disarm the law abiding.