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<blockquote data-quote="Snake" data-source="post: 5636432" data-attributes="member: 7051"><p>We talk about handling handguns and how good a shot we are , some of you no doubt are very good me not so much I just don't practice enough anymore . This is a good thing knowing you can hit your target when you pull your sidearm and fire it a very important part of self defense . But we are leaving a part out which IMO is just as important... having the guts if you want to call it that to take a life . Some of you have been in the armed forces and may have taken a life but this would be a totally different scenario. War is war and doing as your commanded to do is something I really don't think would charged to you spiritually, I could be wrong but it's my opinion . Ask yourself this question " could you" ?? Would your morals allow you to be at peace with yourself if indeed you took a life even in self defense ? This is very important believe me something you need to do IMO is really and truly ask yourself even in prayer need be !! You need to know your decision way before it's ever presented before you ... hopefully never pressed before you but ....... you need to know your answer ! I don't mean on this site or before others but within yourself . It would be a hard thing to take a life but any hesitation could mean your life !! You could be the best there ever was handling and shooting a handgun but could you kill another human being ? I do believe with all that's in me and what I've read that I do think a man could get forgiveness for taking a life if he thinks his life is in danger or if a loved one's life is in danger but..... can you live with yourself ? I'd say it's ruined a many good men in the taking of a life . I remember what Clint Eastwood said in Unforgiven ... he said when you kill a man you've took everything he had and everything he's ever going to have . I believe I once told of my uncle having killed two men in his life of how it effected him . My uncle was kinda a cold man and someone you didn't want to mess with. He wasn't bad as in "badarse" but someone that would take to the top level if you get my jest . When he reach a certain point he was ready to kill you not just hurt you but kill you . Well anyway once the conversation came up between me and him about the two men's life he'd taken , if it bothered him . Cold hearted as I thought he was his answer stuck with me . He said if he didn't take something to help him sleep he just couldn't go to sleep because he'd see the faces of the men he'd killed !! I figured that it didn't bother him especially after it had been quite a long time . Personally I've asked myself this question and can live with my decision just a thought to my brothers while on this subject. Just a FYI if you will.</p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snake, post: 5636432, member: 7051"] We talk about handling handguns and how good a shot we are , some of you no doubt are very good me not so much I just don't practice enough anymore . This is a good thing knowing you can hit your target when you pull your sidearm and fire it a very important part of self defense . But we are leaving a part out which IMO is just as important... having the guts if you want to call it that to take a life . Some of you have been in the armed forces and may have taken a life but this would be a totally different scenario. War is war and doing as your commanded to do is something I really don't think would charged to you spiritually, I could be wrong but it's my opinion . Ask yourself this question " could you" ?? Would your morals allow you to be at peace with yourself if indeed you took a life even in self defense ? This is very important believe me something you need to do IMO is really and truly ask yourself even in prayer need be !! You need to know your decision way before it's ever presented before you ... hopefully never pressed before you but ....... you need to know your answer ! I don't mean on this site or before others but within yourself . It would be a hard thing to take a life but any hesitation could mean your life !! You could be the best there ever was handling and shooting a handgun but could you kill another human being ? I do believe with all that's in me and what I've read that I do think a man could get forgiveness for taking a life if he thinks his life is in danger or if a loved one's life is in danger but..... can you live with yourself ? I'd say it's ruined a many good men in the taking of a life . I remember what Clint Eastwood said in Unforgiven ... he said when you kill a man you've took everything he had and everything he's ever going to have . I believe I once told of my uncle having killed two men in his life of how it effected him . My uncle was kinda a cold man and someone you didn't want to mess with. He wasn't bad as in "badarse" but someone that would take to the top level if you get my jest . When he reach a certain point he was ready to kill you not just hurt you but kill you . Well anyway once the conversation came up between me and him about the two men's life he'd taken , if it bothered him . Cold hearted as I thought he was his answer stuck with me . He said if he didn't take something to help him sleep he just couldn't go to sleep because he'd see the faces of the men he'd killed !! I figured that it didn't bother him especially after it had been quite a long time . Personally I've asked myself this question and can live with my decision just a thought to my brothers while on this subject. Just a FYI if you will. . [/QUOTE]
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