Absolutely false. Ranges across the country are full of gun owners "using" their firearms in non lethal fashion. Firearms are designed to expel a projectile when the trigger is pulled. I'm sure at least 99% of all firearms have never been used for lethal force.
So if someone breaks into my homw I am supposed to politely ask them if they are just there to steal things or are they there also there to kill my family? BS, besides my dogs would not know the rule and would act as they are supposed to with anyone breaking into their home, heck by the time I got up, turned on the lights and got a gun it would be a mercy killing at that point, my boys would see to the problem themselves. So, so sorry but you break into my home or property you have already broken the law and are taking your life into your hands and guess what the Law in Texas says I am within my Rights. Now if you want to do as I suggested in the beginning of this reply, you are welcome to do so, I doubt it work out well for you and we will all miss you posting here, but hey that is your choice. Be safe.
because it is lethal to the criminals....because some pity the criminal, we are all supposed to..... I still say, the criminals make a choice that can have severe consequences, but it is their choice to begin with. Great post, btw
How hard is it for you to understand information? The NRA was involved, the NRA did not instigate the legislation. Once the complaint was registered and the state legislators got involved, then the NRA and many other organizations including the AAP lobbied. The people of Florida supported the bill which prevented pediatricians from abusing their position and intruding into our personal lives. Even though the bill was overturned in court, the AAP and pediatricians got the message to shut up and keep their noses out of our business.
What you aim the firearm at has nothing to do with the amount of force it produces. "Lethal force" is about the level of force produced, not the application of that force.
Lethal force is about the level of force and the direction it is sent. I've shot thousands of holes into targets that never killed anything.
Clearly, firearms are designed to expel a projectile with an amount of force sufficient to result in a lethal wound. As such, firearms are designed to produce lethal force. Whether you choose to direct that force at an inanimate target has nothing to do with what firearms are designed to do.
This "lethal force" discussion is just silly. If my car is moving at all, and a person steps in front of it, that person may be subject to "lethal force". If I fire up my oven to cook some ribs, and my neighbor climbs in there, he meets another kind of lethal force. Of course, projectiles from my firearms are moving fast enough to carry high levels of kinetic energy. I wish I could get them to carry more energy. I could blow up bigger water jugs with the pistols, and I wouldn't have to correct as much for drop with the rifles. If you could listen in to a conversation between dedicated shooters, you'd be far more likely to hear talk about accuracy than you would be to hear anything about "lethal force", unless of course, it was about hunting. People who try to make shooters out to have no respect for human life are just plain weird.
I don't understand why anyone would think people who own Guns don't respect Human Life never mind the complete idiocy of people who condemn Target Shooting. Hey....there are some very dangerous people out there and I have personally been in two Non-Military or Non-SOCOM situations where Criminals brandishing firearms attempted Grand Theft. They were violent and drugged up thus irrational. I would have had no issues killing them one event if I had been armed. AboveAlpha
You don't know a whole lot about killing people do you? Anyone decent who does it does not do it easily. Even when someone is about to take your life or in combat, it is not easy to do. I was chased by a group of criminals on a hiking trail in winter. First I was in denial this was actually happening as I was running away. Then when it came down to dropping my backpack and turning around, I asked God to forgive me for what I was about to do. I was fully justified to shoot them, when I turned around to do it I froze and couldn't pull the trigger. So before you make up BS like that, why don't you actually go and talk to people who have had to fight to save thier own life.
I'm curious how that turned out. I assume you drew your gun and you let them run away. Was it reported to the police? Did they do anything? Were the criminals caught? You don't have to reply if you don't want to. Some people like their privacy and I understand.
They ran away and I ran way even faster. I was on a remote trail in winter. They got away by the time a got cell phone coverage. This was 1997ish. Cellphone coverage still not the best. What happened was 5,6, or 7 criminals learned to be better criminals from this.
