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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (871905)	7/11/2015 4:10:24 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577019

Reddit conversations on killing in self defense: Obvthrowawy345 1202 points1203 points1204 points 26 days ago* (139 children) When I was 8 years old we lived out in a farm house in an orchard, the nearest "town" was about ten minutes away and my dad was working far enough away that he stayed away during the week. One morning I heard my mom yelling and I thought I had missed the bus so I got out of bed and saw a naked man hitting her and trying to grab her, he was out in a bender and had just walked to the nearest lights and broken in, our dog was barking and nipping at him but she wasn't a trained attack dog or anything. I ran back into my room and grabbed a little .22 bolt action my dad had given me and the ammo he made me keep separate and loaded it, it seemed like it took forever to load those 5 shots. I ran outside following the dog barking and saw him dragging my mom by her hair, I remember trying to be steady like I had been taught but I just fired over and over again, I didn't know it at the time but 3 of the 5 hit him and he was later found by the police after someone dropped him anonymously at s hospital about an hour away with one of the bullets lodged in his lung. At that age I had a hard time processing it mainly because the state mandated I see a counselor and she kept insinuating I should feel all kinds of emotions I wasn't, which made me feel like there was something wrong with me. In the end I just feel lucky that I was brought up by parents who trusted me and spent time teaching me never to panic. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/39suml/seriousredditors_who_have_had_to_kill_in_self/ sd___throwaway 5314 points5315 points5316 points 26 days ago (563 children) Throwaway for obvious reasons. Back in 2012 two men busted in my back door. It took them a few minutes as it was a metal door on a metal frame with sturdy hinges and a lock. One of the guys was probably 6' 6" and pretty large; he was finally able to break it off the hinge with a crowbar. When I heard them start hammering on the door I told my wife to call the police and lock herself and our baby behind two doors and I went out into the hallway with a shotgun. I kept yelling at them to leave and that the cops were coming and that I was armed - they kept coming. Eventually I heard a pop and the banging stopped and I knew they were through. I told them in no uncertain terms that if I saw them in my house, I was going to kill them. A few seconds later they came around the corner both holding what appeared to be weapons and I shot the bigger one twice in the chest. The other one just stood there confused, probably trying process what in the hell had just happened. He took one step towards me and I shot him as well. Police showed up about two minutes later - both died at the scene. One had a knife and duct tape, the other had the crowbar. I later found out that the larger one was wanted for some sort of manslaughter charge because he killed his girlfriend a state over. I have zero regrets about that night. They had multiple chances to leave and I have no doubt that they would have hurt my family if I had not stopped them.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (871905)	7/11/2015 4:16:02 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577019

The head of the FBI said the Charleston shooter passed the background check because the FBI messed up. He should've been declined. Gun control FAILED! There was no loophole, the FBI just FU'd. Liberals say we need more gun laws to make up for the federal government not enforcing laws we have now. Permit me to muse ..... the FBI is run by Obama's InJustice Dept. Could the Obama administration look on mass shootings as an opportunity and thus not be all that motivated to prevent them? Nah, surely not. But they sure have exploited the mass shooting caused by THEIR FAILURE to enforce the law.