[lit-ideas] Re: Mark Steyn on Gun Control
- From: "Lawrence Helm"<lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:40:32 +0000
You continue to show your ignorance about being in the situation of either the
old lady or me. You do not let an enemy (aka bad guy, predator, etc) approach
you. An enemy has no legitimate reason for doing so. You do not need to
wonder what his motives. You produce a weapon and order him to stop. If he
comes after you, you shoot him.
If you don't know that you don't want a bad guy coming after you, then you do
not fit well in our world. If a bad guy comes after you, then you have a
choice of fighting or fleeing. An old lady with a walker isn't going to be
able to flee very well. That isn't going to be an option for a young Marine
guarding prisoners either. They bad guys would be six feet under had they
come after either one of us. In my case I was merely doing my job; so I didn't
feel a need to say anything like the old lady did. But an old lady might well
want it broadcast to other thieves looking to take advantage of her that they'd
better rob someone a little more defenseless -- someone, apparently, like you
and Paul think everyone should be.
Lawrence
------------Original Message------------
From: Phil Enns <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, Apr-23-2007 3:24 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Mark Steyn on Gun Control
Lawrence Helm wrote:
"I have been a rifle instructor and know quite a bit about self-defense, I
can assure you that the old lady did exactly right and her thinking was
exactly right."
Lawrence seems to be confusing Kentucky with Korea. Fortunately, the
military's rules of engagement are not used by civilian courts to determine
justified homicide. Further, "I know self-defense therefore I know what is
legally justified" is hardly a compelling, much less logical, argument.
Sincerely,
Phil Enns
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