Beretta92FSLady
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"Secular Humanism is a secular ideology which espouses reason, ethics, and justice, whilst specifically rejecting supernatural and religious dogma as a basis of morality and decision-making."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism
This morning I was sitting, and thinking about my CC/OC experience in Washington state, and my CC/OC experience here in California. I began to think about handgun laws in California, and knife laws in California. I began thinking about a couple of years ago, on a Saturday afternoon, when I shot a man - who was running at us - in the chest, in front of my wife, and children. And then I thought about if I did not have my handgun, and instead, I had a knife at my side.
These two forms of self-defense can be measured in brutality, as well as applied an ethical value, IMO. Self-defense is a necessary act, but a brutal act none-the-less.
I think about how much more devastating, and brutal my interaction with our attacker would have been if I were instead wielding a knife, and forced to stab him.
This is not intended to be a political discourse, but let's face it, we function within, and are under the weight of a highly political structure.
In-short: I find it ironic that the handgun is rendered a brick here in California. And the alternative, a knife, which can be openly carried, fixed, and used in a self-defense situation.
These thoughts have caused me to consider, and alter my approach to my bleeding-heart Liberal friends. So, my approach is a work in process. I am going to appeal to their sense of ethics, and leave them, in the discussion, with two options regarding what even they will acknowledge, that self-defense is a human 'right', self-preservation is a necessity - unless you are suicidal or something. But these two options will be offered something like this: If self-defense is your only option, is it more humane, and less brutal to stab your attacker with a knife, or shoot your attacker with a bullet.
I would liken it to the choice between hanging a person, or stoning them.
Anyhoo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism
This morning I was sitting, and thinking about my CC/OC experience in Washington state, and my CC/OC experience here in California. I began to think about handgun laws in California, and knife laws in California. I began thinking about a couple of years ago, on a Saturday afternoon, when I shot a man - who was running at us - in the chest, in front of my wife, and children. And then I thought about if I did not have my handgun, and instead, I had a knife at my side.
These two forms of self-defense can be measured in brutality, as well as applied an ethical value, IMO. Self-defense is a necessary act, but a brutal act none-the-less.
I think about how much more devastating, and brutal my interaction with our attacker would have been if I were instead wielding a knife, and forced to stab him.
This is not intended to be a political discourse, but let's face it, we function within, and are under the weight of a highly political structure.
In-short: I find it ironic that the handgun is rendered a brick here in California. And the alternative, a knife, which can be openly carried, fixed, and used in a self-defense situation.
These thoughts have caused me to consider, and alter my approach to my bleeding-heart Liberal friends. So, my approach is a work in process. I am going to appeal to their sense of ethics, and leave them, in the discussion, with two options regarding what even they will acknowledge, that self-defense is a human 'right', self-preservation is a necessity - unless you are suicidal or something. But these two options will be offered something like this: If self-defense is your only option, is it more humane, and less brutal to stab your attacker with a knife, or shoot your attacker with a bullet.
I would liken it to the choice between hanging a person, or stoning them.
Anyhoo.
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