system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
I believe that if someone has broken in and attempting to do bodily harm/kill me, I should fight back - even if that means using deadly force. CMV

I am a gun owner. I own two guns; one for plinking targets and one for my daily carry/home defense. If someone were to break into my house my plans are to take shelter with my firearm, call the police, and if the person attempts to get to me - fire. My view is this because I believe that if it is my life or the persons life, I am not the person going around trying to harm people. This person, for all I know, could leave after killing me and harm another person. I've never killed anyone and do not have any plans to do so in the future. So why should I die and this person continue to live (even if only until the police catch them)?

My coworker is a big anti-gunner who claims I should just hide and hope for the best. She said if someone breaks into her house, she plans to hide and if the person comes to kill her then it is just her fate. She said I should just accept the inevitable.

Change my view.
gpt
I would never advocate adopting a policy of cowering in the corner and hoping nobody sees you, but you must agree that there could be situations where it would be strategically advantageous to choose the "flight" option rather than fight. Those scenarios could include things like:

* Your attacker doesn't know you're home and getting to your firearm [safe?] would expose you, but getting out the back door wouldn't.
* There are multiple attackers and you're ill-prepared to take them all on.
* You have a child or dependant and want to get them to safety.
* Despite his evil intentions, your attacker is really no match for you (let's say he's high as a kite) and you decide it's easier to restrain him than live w/ a notch in your belt for the rest of your life.


Stand Your Ground and Castle Doctrine exist to protect good guys from over-zealous DAs that want to see someone fry every time someone spills blood. But just because you have the legal protection to use lethal self defense, that doesn't mean it's the always smartest or safest decision to make.