camslam
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morally ok? necessary to preserve innocent human life? i have doubts.
flame away.
p.s. shooting through the door. sounds like violation of rule #4.
Every person is different, but the thing that stands out to me is you really don't know what is on the other side of that door. Some people say wait till the door is broken in and then fire, others say shoot a warning shot, and others say the guy did right. Who knows?
But I can say this, if someone were pounding on your door at 4 AM and they continued to try to kick the door in after being repeatedly warned, all bets are off. Some people may think they are taking the moral high ground by saying they would wait until the door was actually kicked in. To me given the description of the events, that is pretty dangerous. Some are saying take cover in your house somewhere and wait for the police, again, who knows what can happen in that situation.
Sadly this is something people will never come to an agreement on. It is no different than the arguments that rage back and forth with conceal carry permit holders. Do you retreat? Do you engage if you can defend another innocent? Etc.. Etc...
In the end I think these threads are very useful because they make us think personally what we would do in a given situation. To me that is the most important thing about all of this. Preparation is the key to any successful outcome, and thinking about the different scenarios we can encounter, what we would do in the situation, and then how would we deal with it afterwards.
Putting a lot of thought into these types of hypotheticals allows people to better live with the results of their actions. I hope the homeowner does ok with this, because in the end, he protected his life, his families life, and short of waiting for the guy to be right in his face, he tried to get him to stop.