Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
They make their choices, and we make ours. When confronted with an intruder you can pick up a sword or a staff; that choice is yours and you have to live with the consequences.
Indeed. The right to make these choices, however, should remain with the individual and not the government.

I am willing to kill under certain circumstances, but I do not take such things lightly.
None of us do, and none of us should. What we should be is willing to do so when necessary and just.