Wow, quite a response, read the whole thing. I need a nap now.
When a sociopath is waving a gun in your face, I submit that the time for debate over their motives is over.
In the aforementioned case we are unable to question the killer as to their intentions as they have “met their maker” as they are oft to say.
Best handgun I ever fired was a 1911. Nothing odd about appreciating good design.
As to conflict resolution. Should passerbys not alert the authorities if they see the Chipotle getting robbed because, per your reasoning, a police presence would ‘escalate’ the matter?
I would not shoot someone over a property crime, but I understand things can get out of hand very quickly and I would not want to trust that the intentions of the proximal, armed sociopath are benign. While you are consulting your recollections of pleasant, feel good NPR stories for advice what to do, the robber may well cavitate your skull.
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