You have formal police training ?
Seems like you don’t. You’d know exactly what I was talking about if you did.
Originally, I simply asked you:
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Have you ever been threatened by violent criminals whose intent was certainly not to make you any healthier, happier or wealthier?"
Why do you continue to evade the question, I can only assume that you have no experience with violent criminals and have never been required to deal with predatory thugs.
As far as my experience and training goes, I started teaching others how to shoot safely 60 years ago.
In the US Military, was trained on and had extensive experience with a wide variety of American and foreign small arms including the M-2 .50 cal. BMG before I went to serve in Northern Laos during the Vietnam War.
There, I repeatedly saw what modern munitions do to human tissue and am occasionally ridiculed for being overly careful about firearms handling but I don't care.
I think that you expressed concern about hot-headed, trigger-happy and careless individuals with firearms. I have the same concerns and have disarmed individual at shooting ranges who were behaving recklessly.
I've had a CCW for decades but now that I no longer live and work in a high crime area , I still carry a 1911 .45 acp similar to the one I was issued in the military. The primary reason I now carry a pistol is to be able to euthanize animals I may hit on our country roads.
Last October, I hit a large, male deer that ran in front of me and did not have my pistol to end the poor animal's suffering. Fortunately, a fellow 2A supporter did stop to euthanize the deer while I stopped traffic.
Since I have attempted to stop the bleeding from bullet wounds etc more than a few times, I am extremely reluctant to inflict them to the point that I've allowed people to run me off the road, spit at me, kick my car, slap me and curse me while I was armed.
I would only have fired if my assailant had pulled a gun or knife because spit washes off, cars can be repainted and the sting of a slap soon disappears but once you've taken a life, it can never be restored.
Thanks,