Pulling the Trigger..Could You Do It ?
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shinji_ikari
Mustn't Run Away...
As an ex-military man , a question I hear a bit (and despise getting actually) is "How can you pull the trigger ???" ...Now maybe I just hang out with a few liberal sissies but whatever. I just want to know how many people on Fakku actually BELIEVE they can pull that trigger if they had to ,and what kind of situation it would take for them to do it.
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shinji_ikari wrote...
As an ex-military man , a question I hear a bit (and despise getting actually) is "How can you pull the trigger ???" ...Now maybe I just hang out with a few liberal sissies but whatever. I just want to know how many people on Fakku actually BELIEVE they can pull that trigger if they had to ,and what kind of situation it would take for them to do it.im in the military so....as to pull the trigger. id do it no matter what the circumstances. yet i probably will not live with myself.
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Dunno. I hope I never have to find out. As an atheist, I believe this is all one has. So to kill someone is to remove their sentience. No more after that, one stops existing. So the potential emotional ramifications weigh heavily on me.
Academically, I have no qualms about killing someone if they threaten my life or the life of someone I care about. But IRL, I don't know if I could follow through. As I said, I hope it's something I never find out whether I'm capable or not.
Academically, I have no qualms about killing someone if they threaten my life or the life of someone I care about. But IRL, I don't know if I could follow through. As I said, I hope it's something I never find out whether I'm capable or not.
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shinji_ikari wrote...
I just want to know how many people on Fakku actually BELIEVE they can pull that trigger if they had toIf I have to, then I will. It's fucking impossible to really predict how I will act in a situation I've never been in, but taken from experience, in situations when something MUST be done, I do it.
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Kind of Important
A ray of Tsunlight.
I had to ask myself this very question before. I was in line to end up FMF with the Marine Corps, that was before I got hurt and discharged, but hey.
Anyway, it's a simple answer.
If the person I'm confronting is going to hurt one of my buddies? No problem, shoot him dead.
Anyway, it's a simple answer.
If the person I'm confronting is going to hurt one of my buddies? No problem, shoot him dead.
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Were I given a gun in the instance where I am furious with someone, no, I would never be able to do it. I'm way too light hearted and weak kneed for that.
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Brittany
Director of Production
I would probably want to, but I don't feel like I could use the weapon fast enough in a stressed environment. I mean, I have to focus even to open up the knife my grandpa showed me how to. I can't just flick it open without a second thought.
Oddly enough, I'd rather use a knife than a gun. I wonder why ;|
Oddly enough, I'd rather use a knife than a gun. I wonder why ;|
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tswarthog
The Iconoclast
If people are taking shots at me or the general public and someone hands me a gun, I would not even hesitate to start shooting.
If someone hands me a gun and says kill that person he attempted to bomb a building, I honestly dont think I would be able to pull the trigger.
If someone hands me a gun and says kill that person he attempted to bomb a building, I honestly dont think I would be able to pull the trigger.
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luinthoron
High Priest of Loli
I would have almost said immediately no, but after a bit of thinking I'd have to say that under certain circumstances (immediate threat to my life) I probably would do this without thinking.
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If it's a life or death thing, my life or someone else that is innocent or I care about I would have to say that I would. If it's not life or death I don't really think I'd be able to pull the trigger even to wound since I'd be to worried about fucking up and killing them on accident.
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I'm pretty much like everyone else in this thread; if its my life vs theirs, I won't hesitate. If it's someone else's life (particularly someone I know), then again, it's my friends life or theirs. No hesitation
Ziggy, shooting a gun is a little easier than flipping open a knife, just saying.
Ziggy, shooting a gun is a little easier than flipping open a knife, just saying.
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Pulling the trigger with the gun pointed at nothing, yes.
Pulling the trigger aimed at a living organism, No.
Pulling the trigger for survival and for the greater good for myself, my family and everyone who mean the world to me, Yes. Always
Pulling the trigger aimed at a living organism, No.
Pulling the trigger for survival and for the greater good for myself, my family and everyone who mean the world to me, Yes. Always
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oneshott wrote...
Ziggy, shooting a gun is a little easier than flipping open a knife, just saying.Close, but not quite.
Pulling the trigger is easier, on most handguns. But drawing, aiming, firing, controlling the recoil, then possibly needing to adjust aim and fire again? Not so easy, especially if you intend to hit what you want, rather than something less deserving.
Back on-topic. Yes, I would pull the trigger if the situation warranted it. Urgent threats to the lives of myself, my loved ones, and the law-abiding citizens within my zone of awareness are something I take very seriously.
If there are no police in the immediate area when some douche holds up the convenience store I'm in, I'd much prefer to shoot the bastard dead (thus doing my civic duty) and deal with any paperwork and legal trouble later, rather than allow the possibility that someone innocent could be hurt by a criminal when I could've done something about it.
Would I regret it? No, and yes.
No, I would not regret acting on my best judgment using what tools I had available at the time.
Yes, I would regret that the end of a human life by violence had to occur.
Would I be able to look myself in the mirror later? Absolutely.
Would I do it again if necessary? Without hesitation.
Would I like to have it done to me? If I did what the criminal did, then yes, because I'd damn well deserve it.
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I have no problem with pulling the trigger.
Pulling the trigger to _kill_ is another question entirely. I don't think I can do that, even to save my own life. I'm going to shoot back, but it won't be to kill deliberately.
Pulling the trigger to _kill_ is another question entirely. I don't think I can do that, even to save my own life. I'm going to shoot back, but it won't be to kill deliberately.
