> How do you know they were willing to kill? Because they brought a gun. I’m not sure how you truly know someone’s intention. But getting a gun, loading it, an

> How do you know they were willing to kill? Because they brought a gun. I’m not sure how you truly know someone’s intention. But getting a gun, loading it, and threatening someone with it is perhaps the closest to knowing they are willing to use it. I think that people can’t even know themselves as many who claim they didn’t mean to, still “accidentally” shot someone. But in the case of sentencing guidelines, you don’t need to know whether they will or not. If they use lethal force that’s a multiplier in prison time. And I’m ok with that. I don’t care to get into nuance with people who threaten innocent people with death. Note, there are exceptions when the gun isn’t loaded and the sentence is not the same as a loaded gun.