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Article #119: Use Of Firearms For Personal Safety And Defense

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For many years, firearms have been against them. Even though it is a fact
considered effective defensive weapons. that defensive technology devises could
If you think things through you will be used by an assailant in the same manor
realize that due to the deadly potential against the victim, the consequences are
of guns they are really a poor choice for not as potentially lethal.
personal protection for the vast majority Sometimes the emotional trauma and
of people. psychological effects of a victim
The use of firearms is unwarranted in shooting another person can be
most circumstances. Their use in any devastating. Even veteran law enforcement
situation can have grave consequences. officers are many times affected,
The use of a gun in defending one from an especially if the perpetrator is killed.
assault could be considered "excessive Many victims are unprepared for the
force" in many jurisdictions. It would be intense emotional aftermath of killing
up to the victim to prove that a someone [even in self-defense] and whose
life-threatening situation occurred and agenda was to only protect him or
deadly force had to be used. Please bear herself. This scenario is a very real
in mind that nearly 80% of all the possibility when firearms are used.
assaults in our country are committed When there is a presence of a gun the
without weapons of any type. Increasingly crime sometimes escalates the likelihood
it is taking place that even when the for death or serious injury. Once a
victim is not charged of a crime for firearm is introduced by the victim, its
using a licensed gun they could find use is the only action remaining and an
themselves on the losing end of a civil innocent person may be injured or killed;
lawsuit. and as previously mentioned, the use of
The intent of personal protection devices the gun by the victim [ justified or not]
is to only distract and disable the is subject to legal litigation. Maybe the
attacker and be able to escape to get victims will not be charged with a crime,
help. It is also known that most people but it would be very likely for them to
using a gun for defense don't know when find themselves at the wrong end of a
to pull the trigger and when not to pull long and costly civil lawsuit.
the trigger. Professional law enforcers Last, but not least there is large burden
have to go through intensive training in on the gun owner to properly secure their
shoot and no shoot scenarios and yet they firearms. There is always the
still sometimes get caught up in legal possibility, no matter how secure the gun
problems. is kept, a child or teenager could get
Believe it or not, using a handgun can their hands on a firearm with tragic
actually be less effective at stopping an results.
attacker than using self-defense devices In closing, I would like to mention that
such as defensive pepper spray or O C firearms can have a legitimate and useful
spray. Besides, assailants have been role in self and home defense, but only
known to kill or seriously injure someone [and I stress only] if the person is
in a matter of minutes after they had fully trained on the use and handling of
been shot defensively, even many hours the firearm, totally comprehending the
after being shot with so-called man responsibility and consequences of the
stopper ammunition. use of a gun and has the psychological
A firearm used defensively can be taken toughness to use a firearm for the
away from the intended victim and used purpose of self-defense.






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