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> I carry a gun, regularly, and I've never felt the need to draw it and point it at someone who might be stealing something. And yet you wrote in another comme
by extra88 9y ago
> I carry a gun, regularly, and I've never felt the need to draw it and point it at someone who might be stealing something.
And yet you wrote in another comment that had you been the son-in-law, you would've brought your rifle to go talk to the person at the car. Why? In your scenario, you already called 911, what's the point of brandishing the weapon if you're not prepared to shoot someone for possibly stealing a car?
- LyndsySimon 9y ago> In your scenario, you already called 911, what's the point of brandishing the weapon if you're not prepared to shoot someone for possibly stealing a car? It's not unreasonable to expect that someone willing to steal a car might also be willing to harm you to do so.
- geofft 9y agoIn a country where gun ownership for private citizens is difficult in practice, that's somewhat unreasonable to expect. Also, if someone feels like the expected penalties for stealing a car and wounding/killing someone are close enough that they should be prepared to kill someone while stealing the car if needed, that speaks to a failure of the justice system: either the penalty for causing physical harm should be much higher, or the penalty for stealing a car should be much lower.