[OldMarksman]

Are you going to shoot someone because the law says you can?

NO! David Armstrong often says something to the effect that it's not just a matter of whether you can shoot, but also of whether you should shoot.

Are you not going to shoot someone who you think NEEDS shooting because the law says you cannot?

I most certainly will not shoot someone on the basis of my thinking that he "needs shooting," particularly when it would be illegal! The citizens of the state have not vested in me the powers of judge, jury, or executioner. Rather, they have given those powers to others, who would almost certainly find me guilty of some variety of murder, and impose sentence accordingly.

And of course, there would be the most serious issue of severe civil liability.

Here are some things that are worthy of your most careful study:

http://www.useofforce.us/

http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/01c1...ocument&Click=

http://www.teddytactical.com/archive...2_StudyDay.htm

These are rather lengthy but anyone with a gun should read them and study them.

I also recommend The Ayoob Files and In the Gravest Extreme by Massad Ayoob.

Finally, it might be well worth the investment to invest in an hour or two of consultation with knowledgeable criminal attorney in your state. The return could be incalculable.

I do hope you find these discussions helpful. Be aware, however, that posts that would seem to indicate a lack of respect for the law or for human life may, as Glenn Meyer pointed out (and so, by the way, has Mas), prove most unhelpful to the poster later on, and they can be used against us by those who do not favor private gun ownership or carry.