Originally Posted by Shemi13

I don’t think anyone has any idea on how hard it is to take a life even if it is in self defense. Whether you have training or not it's not as easy as it sounds. It takes a lot to pull that trigger specially if you have taken a life before or have been surrounded by death. I think all ppl can change and we all make mistakes, so why take a life over something so stupid. I can take a beating and all wounds heal. But you can never give life back. It could be your brother, friend, son or boyfriend (not judging). That’s why I didn't pull out that gun. I’m not in combat and it wasn’t an order. Trust me if my life or anyone elses really was in danger I would have known and things would have been different. And yes in the state of FL I don’t have to retreat any more. If I fear for my life (or serious bodily harm) or someone else’s I can shoot to kill. In that scenario It was strong arm; 5 against 1 so if I shot to kill I would have been justified. Not hard to prove. But it's not worth it. And to those who think they wouldn’t have a problem taking a life I can prove to you it's not that easy, especially when you have done it before (unless you are messed up in the head like a serial killer). On that note…. Who want to go to the shooting range with me? Start a thread if you’re in and I’ll provide the guns and pointers for tactical shooting.

Originally Posted by ishiftinheels

Ricky needs to post the group photo and then this thread needs to be locked or cleaned up due to off-topicness

Originally Posted by Shemi13

I don’t think anyone has any idea on how hard it is to take a life even if it is in self defense. Whether you have training or not it's not as easy as it sounds. It takes a lot to pull that trigger specially if you have taken a life before or have been surrounded by death. I think all ppl can change and we all make mistakes, so why take a life over something so stupid. I can take a beating and all wounds heal. But you can never give life back. It could be your brother, friend, son or boyfriend (not judging). That’s why I didn't pull out that gun. I’m not in combat and it wasn’t an order. Trust me if my life or anyone elses really was in danger I would have known and things would have been different. And yes in the state of FL I don’t have to retreat any more. If I fear for my life (or serious bodily harm) or someone else’s I can shoot to kill. In that scenario It was strong arm; 5 against 1 so if I shot to kill I would have been justified. Not hard to prove. But it's not worth it. And to those who think they wouldn’t have a problem taking a life I can prove to you it's not that easy, especially when you have done it before (unless you are messed up in the head like a serial killer). On that note…. Who want to go to the shooting range with me? Start a thread if you’re in and I’ll provide the guns and pointers for tactical shooting.