In what instance(s) would you use lethal force on a human being??
2006-06-10 23:36:59 · 25 answers · asked by Puff & Pass 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Too late. I already have. The circumstances are none of your business. I'll be vague and simply say I was protecting someone else, not myself.
2006-06-10 23:42:37 · answer #1 · answered by 42ITUS™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I respect those that choose to defend themselves if threatened, but I have personally chosen not to if the time arrives. If I was tryying to protect the vulnerable, such a baby nephew or such (I have no kids) I would probably try to bargain with the attacker (save them , kill me). I know that I could never kill in self-defense though. If it came down to that, I feel it would be best (for me only-do not expect anyone else to feel this way) to turn the other cheek and accept that my time is up. If someone hurt someone I loved, hmm that would be MUCH harder, yet justice is not in my own hands...Trust me on this-- I'd make sure the legal system did it for me. I can promose that, evem if it meant testifying in every appeal proceeding for the next 10 years.
2006-06-10 23:56:43 · answer #2 · answered by josh_rittinger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not under any normal circumstances. If someone would attack me with great force, I would defend myself and try to disable the person enough to stop the attack (and then hand the person over to the police).
The only condition I could see myself using more force than that and actually killing people would be in war, when my home and country were attacked and/or occupied by foreign forces.
2006-06-10 23:43:16 · answer #3 · answered by Magic Gatherer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I caught a burglar in my home, I would shoot him in the leg. Then let the law handle it. If someone robbed me with a gun, I would give him my wallet, and shoot him in the buttocks as he tried to flee. I believe that would be legal in most places. But I would find it very difficult to intentionally fire a lethal shot unless I was in serious danger. Something in my nature wants to give people the "benefit of the doubt". That burglar might be a messed up kid on drugs, just not thinking right.
2006-06-10 23:50:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I would. I would use lethal force if someone was hurting my family, i would use lethal force if someone was breaking into my home, I would use lethal force if I wanted too...
2006-06-10 23:40:45 · answer #5 · answered by Jason W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would take a lot, but yeah.. to protect my baby, I'd definitely kill. Only spur of the moment, though, not premeditated. After the act, I'd let the authorities handle it.
2006-06-10 23:39:33 · answer #6 · answered by Quackles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I would.
I would kill to protect myself, my family and my friends. I would also kill to protect an otherwise helpless person who was being attacked and was in danger of being seriously injured or killed by an assailant.
2006-06-10 23:43:18 · answer #7 · answered by Bronwen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I were in army I would kill, coz I would be paid for that.
If I were a hangman, I would kill, coz that would be my profession.
If someone's life is less dignified than a reason to kill, I would kill.
2006-06-10 23:47:00 · answer #8 · answered by pranesh81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, if they tried to kill me first- or kill somebody I liked. Or, for an obscene amount of money.
I would be a damn good assassin, I tell you what.
2006-06-10 23:41:46 · answer #9 · answered by Karmically Screwed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any situation where someone intently poses a threat to my personal welfare and that of my family.
2006-06-10 23:43:36 · answer #10 · answered by will 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋