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Originally Posted by MattCollins
In that scenario, I would not be waiting around to be handed a gun. I know how I would react because I have used (non lethal) force against armed intruders - that is the fight or flight instinct kicking in. The difference though is that I would be acting in the the moment, not in the cool premeditated fashion of an execution.
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I meant a scenario in which you couldn't stop it. Lets say you were handcuffed down or something, then you witnessed some horrific acts to your family. Then lets even say few days elapse, and the opportunity arose to kill the person. Would most people here not take it?
Flight or fight fine for ones own survival. But if you're willing to extract your own vengeance and justice to the person who did this to your family, then thats as good as capital punishment. And my point being that as no one here has been in that situation, those saying they are opposed capital punishment may not feel the same way if stuff got ugly - all I was saying really. Nothing to do with self defense or anything.