Timelordwho wrote:
Ok, first problem. You don't get within melee range of someone you suspect to be a rapist, especially if you have a ranged weapon. Inform them that you will shoot if they make sudden moves, and have them slowly extricate themselves from the situation. Then you can question them, while waiting for the police if that ends up being the situation. Any home defense instruction should be telling you to try de-escalate the situation to prevent this sort of thing.
The FIRST problem is people falsely assessing and acting upon "threats" by their enhanced self-perception of power given by such weapons.
Torrence wrote:
Kaolian very specifically said that at the point where he is ready to shoot, his daughter has already stated this man was a stranger who was unlawfully inside the house. That's pretty much exactly how the situation in question played out.
Dad enters the room, asks questions, tells the kid not to move, and the kid does something stupid as all hell like reach for "something". That's a lot different than coming in, guns blazing, shooting anything that moves and asking questions later. Don't distort the facts.
I also take very serious exception with your last comment. I'm all for better gun laws but I have weapons, and they are for protection, because people are @#%^ing insane. If you think that's absurd, I hope you never have to live through an attack, because it obviously hasn't happened to you yet.
Dad enters the room, asks questions, tells the kid not to move, and the kid does something stupid as all hell like reach for "something". That's a lot different than coming in, guns blazing, shooting anything that moves and asking questions later. Don't distort the facts.
I also take very serious exception with your last comment. I'm all for better gun laws but I have weapons, and they are for protection, because people are @#%^ing insane. If you think that's absurd, I hope you never have to live through an attack, because it obviously hasn't happened to you yet.
For someone to say "don't distort the facts", you sure are doing a lot of it.
1. As stated, there were more obvious facts leading to the fact that the girl was lying than the boy actually being a rapist. The fact that the father didn't go in the room gun-blazing, but asking questions first means that there was plenty of time to address the situation.
2. The kid didn't just "do something stupid", the two got in an argument, presumably over the girl lying.
3. If you're a fan of statistics, then statistics show that you're more likely to be in a violent domestic dispute (or with someone you know) as opposed to a complete stranger. So, by simply having the gun in your house, you're increasing the statistical probability of something like this happening. I don't have a problem with people having weapons in their home (or concealed), but if you want to talk about distorting facts, then you must acknowledge that fact.
