"It's a shame somebody had to die. At the end of the day but the bad guy pulling the stick up - lost," said Supt. Chitwood."
I dont feel like there are enough thoughts like this around. It says the old guy was shook up that he killed someone - a 67 year old man probably doesn't think that he'd have to deal with that kind of emotional weight that late in life. I'm glad he's all right physically and the kid was clearly a criminal, but there's a part of me that feels for the guy.
Makes me wonder about regular people who pack heat also. Those of you here who do, do you feel like you are ready to kill someone and that you can live with it after?
I never want to have to do it. But.... the better question is "will you be around to dwell on it if you don't do it?"."It's a shame somebody had to die. At the end of the day but the bad guy pulling the stick up - lost," said Supt. Chitwood."
I dont feel like there are enough thoughts like this around. It says the old guy was shook up that he killed someone - a 67 year old man probably doesn't think that he'd have to deal with that kind of emotional weight that late in life. I'm glad he's all right physically and the kid was clearly a criminal, but there's a part of me that feels for the guy.
Makes me wonder about regular people who pack heat also. Those of you here who do, do you feel like you are ready to kill someone and that you can live with it after?
I dont feel like there are enough thoughts like this around. It says the old guy was shook up that he killed someone - a 67 year old man probably doesn't think that he'd have to deal with that kind of emotional weight that late in life. I'm glad he's all right physically and the kid was clearly a criminal, but there's a part of me that feels for the guy.
I do too. I've seen the aftermath of completely justifiable shootings destroy police officers. And I mean shootings where there was no doubt, actual shootouts, bad guy shoots, policeman shoots, last one to shoot wins. And even though the use of deadly force was completely justifiable and in fact necessary, I saw people still spiral down in years afterwards. I hope this gentleman gets through this okay and gets to enjoy his golden years without a cloud over his head all the time from this. Sounds from the news reports like he has a lot of community support and that will probably be important to him recovering from this incident. Shockingly, so far the Philly media hasn't opened up with a slew of "he was a good boy getting his life together" and crying mother pieces, at least from what I have seen.
But at the end of the day, the guy hopefully realizes that the world just isn't always fair in what it forces you to do to protect your own life. Sometimes you don't choose trouble, trouble chooses you.
Another Darwin award winner. Its shocking that someone would pull something like that in a shall issue state. I guess stupid knows no bounds.
Hopefully the victims chest pains aren't something serious. It says he was transported to the hospital and expected to be ok.
That's the beauty of concealed carry. The accomplice that was hiding in the bushes that ran after gunfire started will be sure to tell his home boys. This will spread quickly through that neighborhood. I bet it will have an impact on crime.the criminals don't know what shall issue means. Dopey looking old guy is probably the last person they expect to have a gun on them. Surprise
This is an aspect of CCWing that we don't discuss much. We train to safely carry and shoot accurately but how many firearm safety classes include a PTSD segment?