A slight nitpick here, if I may.
I didn’t say I would have wasted him, I said a hypothetical person could approach closely and waste him. This was early in the thread and duffer made some comment about what would have happened if he’d been there with his .38.
You responded in such a way as to indicate concern for the victim should the struggle make it dangerous for her if anyone was to shoot. Your exact words were: *"Or here’s another, more exciting scenario, you aim for the big scary rapist and he moves just a hair and you blow the innocent woman’s head off.
But I"m sure you’ll come back and tell me you’ve got perfect aim and have never missed a shot in your life."*
I then posted my response, which was to say:
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“What you do is approach closely enough to have a clear shot, and then you rescue the woman. (Because actually, no rape would have occurred at this point, so you would otherwise be shooting someone for putting a woman in a headlock.) If on the other hand, you caught him in the act and he tried to drag her off for more, then you could apprach closely like I said and waste him.”*
Notice I said you approach closely and rescue the woman. This would be the primary objective, and at this point it would not necessarily involve shooting the attacker.
Also notice that pertaining to a different scenario, I said that if he were caught in the act and tried to drag her off for more (and here I assume he would drag her off to a location where they would be isolated as I can’t imagine him raping her in full view of other people, and which would also make it possible for him to torture and kill her if he wanted to do so), you (a hypothetical person) could approach closely like I said, and waste him. I omitted this last comma and I think that may be where part of the confusion is coming from. “like I said” refers to approaching him safely, not to wasting him. And hopefully the explanation above will clear up the rest.
But in closing jarbabyj, I would appreciate it if you would stop telling people I said I would just walk up and waste him, as this is not what I said at all.
Thank you. 