Dreamer
Regular Member
Recent story from Eastern NC:
http://www.witn.com/crime/headlines...d_Sawed-Off_Shotgun_In_Robbery_125568023.html
Three teens, two 17 year olds and a 14 year old, held up a couple with a sawed-off shotgun...
So the question is, would you ask to see the IDs of the muggers if they looked REALLY young before defending yourself with deadly force? Would you hesitate in defending yourself if the attackers appeared to be REALLY young but were OBVIOUSLY armed with a deadly weapon?
Luckily, these three mini-thugs were stupid enough to walk up to someone in a vehicle and attempt their robbery, so the victims were able to get away without harm. But what if the victims were on foot and didn't have the protection of being inside a vehicle, and the ability to speed away? What if they were in their home, and these child-gangsta's kicked in their door?
I pose these hypothetical scenarios because they WILL eventually happen. Something weird is going on in NC--we are seeing a dramatic rise in gang-related crime, and an increasingly younger age among violent offenders. Eventually, soon, some kid under the age of 17 is going to get shot by an armed law-abiding citizen, and I'm sure when that happens, there will be a MASSIVE wailing and rending of garments by the media about the fact that a law-abiding citizen shot a "child". Forget the fact that that "child" had a sawed-off shotgun, or was threatening deadly force, or had invaded someones home--I think we ALL know what the media will do with a story like that...
As people who carry for self-defense, we need to run through these scenarios. We need to be prepared for whatever comes our way--not just by training with our gear, maintaining our firearms, and choosing effective ammo--but also by MENTALLY preparing. We need to be prepared to deal with a deadly threat--REGARDLESS of who is posing it--man, woman, or "child". And we need to be prepared to deal with the LE and media aftermath of such a situation...
So think about this one, folks. If some kid--a 14-year-old--points a gun at you and tries to rob you, what would you do?
http://www.witn.com/crime/headlines...d_Sawed-Off_Shotgun_In_Robbery_125568023.html
Three teens, two 17 year olds and a 14 year old, held up a couple with a sawed-off shotgun...
So the question is, would you ask to see the IDs of the muggers if they looked REALLY young before defending yourself with deadly force? Would you hesitate in defending yourself if the attackers appeared to be REALLY young but were OBVIOUSLY armed with a deadly weapon?
Luckily, these three mini-thugs were stupid enough to walk up to someone in a vehicle and attempt their robbery, so the victims were able to get away without harm. But what if the victims were on foot and didn't have the protection of being inside a vehicle, and the ability to speed away? What if they were in their home, and these child-gangsta's kicked in their door?
I pose these hypothetical scenarios because they WILL eventually happen. Something weird is going on in NC--we are seeing a dramatic rise in gang-related crime, and an increasingly younger age among violent offenders. Eventually, soon, some kid under the age of 17 is going to get shot by an armed law-abiding citizen, and I'm sure when that happens, there will be a MASSIVE wailing and rending of garments by the media about the fact that a law-abiding citizen shot a "child". Forget the fact that that "child" had a sawed-off shotgun, or was threatening deadly force, or had invaded someones home--I think we ALL know what the media will do with a story like that...
As people who carry for self-defense, we need to run through these scenarios. We need to be prepared for whatever comes our way--not just by training with our gear, maintaining our firearms, and choosing effective ammo--but also by MENTALLY preparing. We need to be prepared to deal with a deadly threat--REGARDLESS of who is posing it--man, woman, or "child". And we need to be prepared to deal with the LE and media aftermath of such a situation...
So think about this one, folks. If some kid--a 14-year-old--points a gun at you and tries to rob you, what would you do?