Gun laws..
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Another thing in the cadets that resonated with me whilst on infiltration training was that my officer describer our rifles as the 'thing most likely to get you killed in combat'.
If you have a gun visible you are the biggest threat to your enemy, and you become the top priority.
In non-warzones this is very much the same - A mugger with a gun is using his weapon to intimidate. The aim is not to kill you but to get your money. If you have a gun on you, the chances are you pulling for it will get you shot before you have a chance to for 'self-defence'.
If you have a gun pointed at you first, the chances of you being the hero are very low. Having a gun and not being trained for combat, and by that I mean under pressure (not shooting range stuff), is only going to lead to you dying quicker as well.
On a philosophical level, 'self-defence' guns also do not 'prevent death', they simply transfer it.
I'm trained to be very accurate with a rifle but have never been in a situation of pressure. I bet I'd be useless and probably incapable of cocking it if I was in that sort of a situation.
I'd be curious to see statistic around the gun-murder rate and whether the victims were armed or unarmed, or involved in criminal activity.
- "On a philosophical level, 'self-defence' guns also do not 'prevent death', they simply transfer it." too trueBaskerviIle
- from the innocent to the guilty, my kind of transfer, like a bank deposit.albums
- Unless they've already killed, they're not guilty, they're the same as you - A person with a gun drawn.orrinward2