optimusglen wrote:By defending someone who is anti-gun, you can possibly show them the benefits of the 2nd amendment.
By not defending someone who is anti-gun, you fuel others who are anti-gun.
...and you can also open yourself up to be a test case, suffer litigation of both criminal and civil courts, etc. It's just not worth it to me to risk that unless it's myself or my family. You could catch some pedo with a kid in the act and pop him in the head and the media would STILL vilify you. It's sad, but we live in a litigious society and what's legal isn't always just; and what's just isn't always legal.
There's also the fact that even if you don't go to prison, don't have any criminal or civil charges against you, even if the media didn't portray you as a monster, even if everyone didn't look at you funny or not hire you, or any of the negatives that go along with pulling that trigger; you're still a different person after the fact and there's no escaping that. It changes you when you take a life. I'm just not willing to take that on for someone that isn't myself or immediate family. I'm just being honest about it. I certainly wouldn't expect you or anyone else to defend me either, so that's fair.
I do believe that people need to be responsible for themselves in all areas, not just with protecting their life, but with money/finances/investing, driving, everything in every area. It's not Heather's (or anyone else's) politics which would prevent me from defending them, but rather the things above. Anti-gun people are basically saying "We are sheep!! Come fleece us!" Same as that person who posts on facebook "Like omfg. We're going to Cancun for 2 weeks!!" only to come home and find their house robbed. They set themselves up to be victims. They don't invite it, but they don't do anything to stop or prevent it either.
If someone isn't going to take responsibility for their own life, why should I? (Family is the exception to the rule - but I'm working on getting as many of them armed and trained as well.)