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December 12, 2015, 08:08 PM | #51 | |
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If turning on the light alerts an intruder to your presence and they leave, mission accomplished. If you have enough light to see them, they already have enough light to see you. And once the weapons light is pointed at an intruder it will blind them and they won't be able to see you anyway. Assuming of course you are using one bright enough. I wouldn't waste my time with one that was not. |
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There are too many assumptions going on to make it all work.
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December 12, 2015, 09:29 PM | #53 | |
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It's simple planning, not magic. Why would you assume there isn't "adequate lighting" or that a drunk neighbor could just walk right in? Is your security that lax? Mine in not It sounds like your "high end classes" didn't teach you how to set up the proper defenses at all.
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December 12, 2015, 10:17 PM | #54 | |
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However, it also appears that since you are so sure of yourself you don't have anything useful to contribute to the discussion.
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December 12, 2015, 11:29 PM | #55 | |
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It may not be pitch dark in your house at night but i would bet that at 2am its too dark to POSITIVELY identify what is in that persons hands. And again i say that in order for me to be MORALLY right in shooting them, i need to absolutely id them as a threat. Not just someone i didnt know was in the house or even someone intent on burglarizing my home. Stealing my TV is not enough cause for ME to kill someone. That's what insurance is for. If they pose a threat, then i will shoot. If not maybe (just like a cockroach) they will run when the light goes on. |
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December 12, 2015, 11:59 PM | #56 |
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Starting to lose focus on the question presented by the OP. That question has been pretty well discussed.
I'll close this before it becomes a donnybrook.
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