Sir Nicholas Winton is a humanitarian who organized a rescue operation that saved the lives of 669 Jewish Czechoslovakia children from Nazi death camps, and brought them to the safety of Great Britain between the years 1938-1939.

After the war, his efforts remained unknown. But in 1988, Winton’s wife Grete found the scrapbook from 1939 with the complete list of children’s names and photos. Sir Nicholas Winton is sitting in an audience of Jewish Czechoslovakian people who he saved 50 years before.

First off, I believe in the right to own a gun. It’s in the constitution, we use them for hunting, and they’re a part of our society. What I don’t  believe in however, is solving all your problems with a gun. 

The most common scenario that’s brought up with guns are home defense. While that’s a reasonable argument, there are some huge flaws with it. In most states, there’s a law that states that you have a duty to retreat. You can’t just open fire on anyone that comes into your home unless you have absolutely no other options AND your life is on the line. There isn’t a single possession that you could possibly have that’s worth taking someone’s life over.

 There are so many stories of people who have gone into the wrong house by accident or were going to a friend’s house and got lost on the way or stuff similar to that and ended up being killed because of trigger-happy “gun enthusiasts” with no regards to human life.

Just because someone enters your home DOES NOT give you the right to put a bullet in their head. I wish they’d teach this in gun safety lessons.

Simply racking a gun or shouting out that you’ve called the police will make most intruders flee out of fear.

If they come at you with a weapon of some sort, your first instinct should be to run. jump out a window, go out a back-door, hide in your bathroom. stuff like that. Your next action if they’re still coming at you is to fire a warning shot if the situation allows you the time to do that. After that, if for some reason they’re still coming at you, and ONLY if you have absolutely no other options or any other way out, should you shoot to incapacitate, not kill. I wish they’d teach this stuff in gun training classes.

Fuck you.

I, as a living being, have the right to defend my life and my family in whatever way I damn well please. When you say that I’m somehow supposed to retreat, you’re telling me that that criminal’s life is more important than my own. I absolutely reject that. My family’s safety comes first, my own second, and anyone attempting to do us harm fucking never.

“In most states, there’s a law that states that you have a duty to retreat.“

Better tried by twelve than carried by six.

“There isn’t a single possession that you could possibly have that’s worth taking someone’s life over.“

There isn’t a single possession I could have that’s worth someone risking their life to take. Don’t want to get shot? Don’t try to take my shit, asshole.  

Furthermore, how am I supposed to know what they’re after? Just ask them? “Gee, Mr. Bad Guy, do you promise not to hurt me?” Sure, MAYBE they’re only here for the TV, or maybe they’re here to kill me and rape my wife. I’m not going to take that fucking chance.

“Your next action if they’re still coming at you is to fire a warning shot if the situation allows you the time to do that.“

Warning shots are a terrible idea because, guess what, over-penetration happens. I refuse to put my neighbors at risk just to save the life of some piece of shit criminal.

“After that, if for some reason they’re still coming at you, and ONLY if you have absolutely no other options or any other way out, should you shoot to incapacitate, not kill.“

So, what, you want me to shoot their fucking kneecap or something? Yeah, great, maybe if you’re a fucking Navy SEAL. For the rest of us, being amp’d up on adrenaline is going to make anything other than “center mass” a tough thing to hit. If I ever have to defend myself I’m going to give myself the best chance possible to survive, and that means putting multiple rounds on the biggest, easiest target. 

Heart breaking picture on the 12 Marines we’ve lost at sea.

A shitty situation all around.