But any coherent and normal human being with 5 fingers and 2 feet, is physically able to destroy life. Whenever you meet ANYONE in life, smile, be courteous and be prepared to kill them at any instant.
Despite all of the shocked or disgusted reactions, this seems perfectly reasonable to me, provided that I've made all of the right assumptions regarding intent (in the context of using guns for self-defense). Plenty of people have been murdered by those who nobody suspected to be even remotely capable of committing such an act. One can't always tell when a person is going to "snap" or whether it's even a possibility with them, so by default it is a possibility with everybody. Therefore one has to be
prepared to defend oneself from anybody, in the general case, and when firearms are involved, one must be
prepared to kill anybody at any time. I could say "
potentially kill anybody" if that would make people feel better, but it changes nothing--whenever one deliberately points a loaded gun at something, there must be a
willingness to destroy it, plain and simple. If one is not
willing to kill in self-defense, when justified, then one shouldn't use a loaded gun. This is separate and distinct from the
intent to ensure that one's assailant is dead, Dead, DEAD no matter what--that would be murder if actually committed, while merely being
prepared and
willing to kill anybody at any time in the process of stopping their aggression, if they become dangerously aggressive, would be justifiable homicide should shots be fired and the aggressor actually dies.
Back to ChCx2744's statement, it might read like macho bluster to some, but I still don't see what's wrong with it, aside perhaps from a lack of qualification or explanation. While I can appreciate the concern about choosing one's words carefully, frankly I think that some people are overreacting to the quoted statement.
By the way, for the sake of simplicity, I've left out issues such as trust in determining who one should be prepared to (potentially) kill. That's a personal matter, although it should be noted that people are often murdered by trusted individuals, so I'm not going to suggest to anybody whom to trust and what reasonable risks to take in living one's life. I trust my immediate family members and would defend them with my own life, but that's a personal decision I've made. I also used to trust somebody I've known for years who has now threatened to kill me, so things can always change, too, can't they?