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Scenario "What would you do"

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I will honestly tell you guys who say that you would use the bible only that you have not met the men that I have. As a prison and jail chaplain. I have met some dark men who will kill you and not think twice about it. These same men, Will kill those children and everyone in that home without so much as a thought.
Of course God can intervene, BUT didn't He already do so by providing the 45 laying beside you????
 
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Of course God can intervene, BUT didn't He already do so by providing the 45 laying beside you????

you have the choice ....Bible or gun

escalate violence or diffuse

1) no way to know number bullets left in gun
2) one man against 3
3) husband probably not experienced with guns and he's going to shoot 3 men before one of them kills him?
not happening
 
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1) no way to know number bullets left in gun
2) one man against 3
3) husband probably not experienced with guns and he's going to shoot 3 men before one of them kills him?
not happening
That outcome may seem unlikely, "but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26)
 
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That outcome may seem unlikely, "but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26)

exactly, so use the Bible

know first hand the Power of God's name Jesus which I said out loud and was not hurt
the guy's demeanor changed upon hearing Jesus which I did say more than once
 
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If you own a gun and are not expereniced with it that is your own fault it is called range time.
 
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That outcome may seem unlikely, "but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26)
Yes, but sometimes God uses other people and things to make things possible God ( more often than not) works through means).
 
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exactly, so use the Bible

know first hand the Power of God's name Jesus which I said out loud and was not hurt
the guy's demeanor changed upon hearing Jesus which I did say more than once
Again, that may work, but God does work through means. Let us take that example, you can try to talk the guy down ( as police often do, but if they keep being a threat and moving towards you lethal force is an acceptable option.
 
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Hoping the .45 is fully loaded you put two in the head and two in the chest of all three perpetrators.

You should have enough ammo left if that was not enough.
 
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Hoping the .45 is fully loaded you put two in the head and two in the chest of all three perpetrators.

You should have enough ammo left if that was not enough.
Unfortunately not everyone is a John Wick.

In a situation where there is more than one assailant and they also have guns that strategy isn't going to work out so well. On the practice range where there is no danger to your life that may seem easy enough to do, but in a home invasion situation against armed intruders that will not be the case. The assailants will be moving, the adrenaline will be flowing, and your hands will be shaking. Even well trained police officers would be lucky to pull off putting two rounds to the head and two to the chest inside an average size room against two or more assailants.

The best thing you can do in a situation like the one described in the OP is to grab the gun on the table, try to duck behind some kind of cover if it's available and fire two rounds aiming for the chest of the assailant that you had already predetermined to be the most likely to reach for their gun the fastest while you were tied up. Next go for the second armed assailant with two shots aiming for the chest, and finally the one that is unarmed. Even doing this, the odds will be against you as some of your shots will likely miss the intended target, but it will give you the best odds.

In the situation described in the OP, unfortunately for the average person, once they reach for the gun on the table, the odds of successfully neutralizing all three assailants and not having themselves or a member of their family injured or killed are pretty low, but on the positive side, going for the gun will at least give them a chance.
 
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Even if you are injured or killed trying to defend your family, that's almost certainly a better outcome than doing nothing.

"Don't try to appeal to a criminal's 'better nature'; they may not have one"
 
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There is no way myself or either of my 3 guys would let any of the other be hurt right or not they'd be dead oh well As they were breathing their last breaths of course I would attempt to guide them to the Lords hands
 
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Even if you are injured or killed trying to defend your family, that's almost certainly a better outcome than doing nothing.

"Don't try to appeal to a criminal's 'better nature'; they may not have one"
And the first mistake in any crisis situation is hesitation.
 
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If you own a gun and are not expereniced with it that is your own fault it is called range time.
Scotty never said the man owned his own gun.
 
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