[lonyaeger]

VERY interesting perspective! Thanks.

[dave8]

I just saw this thread even though it is a couple days old, but i was just thinking about something when you guys said she would live with this the rest of her life. For some reason I don't understand why someone would be haunted for protecting themselves and killing someone. I feel I would be happy the whole thing happened if it was me because I felt like I made the world a slightly better place. Would you guys feel like you would have to live with the "horror" if this happened to you?

[ta1588]

personally I don't know if I would or not, I have been shot at before but I've never shot anyone. After knowing many people who have been involved in the war its easy to tell that some people can handle killing and some people can not. I know a guy who's body count in Iraq is at least a couple hundred and he can sleep like a baby and others whos isn't so high that cant even function in life because they're haunted by it. So all in all I would say it's a case by case basis, person to person. Some can handle it and some cant.

[Gojubrian]

Originally Posted by dave8

I just saw this thread even though it is a couple days old, but i was just thinking about something when you guys said she would live with this the rest of her life. For some reason I don't understand why someone would be haunted for protecting themselves and killing someone. I feel I would be happy the whole thing happened if it was me because I felt like I made the world a slightly better place. Would you guys feel like you would have to live with the "horror" if this happened to you?

You'll never know until it happens. I'm willing to bet that if you have a conscience and a soul it would bother you that you had to do it.

[Mark F]

Conscience is self-imposed, and some people can flip it off like a switch. Taking a life even in self defense would be tough for me. I could do it though...

[Wings-ofthe-Luftwaffe]

If someone was threatening me and i shot them i might feel some remorse depending on the circumstance. If someone was threatening my old lady or family, no remorse no looking back and 3 more bullets for good measure.

just a few cents from me