Originally Posted by
Marshall Brenner
Except no one shoots to "Kill". It's shoot to STOP (the threat).
And the way you "STOP (the threat)" is to ...
Originally Posted by
Jim Luttrall
The purpose of a gun is to kill and being hesitant to use the tool as intended can get the user killed.
... otherwise you could be the one with (as you might put it) 'unintended consequences'.