ok I am bored,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sorry about that
they NEVER messed around his property because he would "shoot anything that moved". Once you can establish that reputation, word will spread.
I agree I respect life as well. I don’t want it on my conscience that I killed someone over trying to steal food to feed his kid. I won’t say that I don’t want to protect my property, especially if shtf, but I would like to think I would always try to preserve another’s life.I think these signs are funny, but I have little use for them.
I try to maintain a "grey man" persona with regards to my prepping. I'm a little secretive about my guns, preps, and so on, as I don't want to get targeted by professional burglers.
With some strange, oddball exceptions that don't seem relevant to this conversation, I only have the guns to protect life . . . not property.
If a thief steals my TV and I gun him down in the process, I'll probably be exonerated in court . . . after spending $70,000.00 in legal fees on some bottom-feeding, predatory defense lawyer.
Note that I can replace the TV for a few hundred dollars, so do the math.
The gun is not to protect my pride, my masculinity, or my dignity. The purpose of the gun is not exercise some questionable, ambiguous "stand your ground" principle. The gun is for a mass-shooter when I'm at the synagogue, a Ted Bundy who wants to torture and kill my girlfriend, a pit bull that has flipped out and is mauling a child, euthanising a dog that I accidentally hit with my car, or a rabid raccoon that is staggering around in broad daylight.
Things can--for the most part--be replaced. I don't want to bankrupt myself by spending my life savings on a legal defense over an issue of "right vs. wrong" because of a television, my stamp collection, or a stereo . . . even if I'm in the right.
I hope no one thinks of me as a coward for making these points, but I tend to think in practical terms as I am--after all--an ex-paramedic.
I agree with you.40 plus years ago, I shot the tires out of a hit and run, drunk driver. Nothing happen, no legal problems, police were super cool. I would not do that today. California has certainly changed, since that incident.
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