My personal experience with firearms?
| Have never touched a gun. | |
| Have never fired a gun. | |
| Have fired a gun, but have no training. | |
| Am trained to safely operate a firearm. | |
| Am trained to expertly operate a firearm. | |
| Have fired a gun in self defense (non-military). | |
| Have killed a human with a firearm (non-military). |


Four Kills So Far? by VnutZ
Interesting … I hadn’t expected four human killings unrelated to military operations. Unless of course those are just bogus votes.
RE: Four Kills So Far? by Occams
Yes, they probably are bogus.
Would you consider police to be “military” – PDs not MPs
RE: Four Kills So Far? by VnutZ
Sure – I was just trying to exclude all the OIF/OEF stuff overseas as it would likely skew many “normal” responses.
RE: Four Kills So Far? by Occams
It would be interesting to hear from someone who had to shoot a citizen in the line of duty. Even though no blame attaches, for most people there is probably still a psychological effect that makes it hard to live with.
RE: Four Kills So Far? by VnutZ
chirp chirp chirp … I’m going to assume those people were lying now.
RE: Four Kills So Far? by Occams
An opt-in poll on this subject is bound to be fanciful.