Self-defense Is the Preservation of Life

When one person uses action and/or force against another person where the end result is death, death is still death regardless of the means and/or intention used to commit it. Sometimes the death is justified. For instance, if there is specific intent or perceived intent of a person using intentional action or force to deprive another person of their rights, freedom, or life.
 
Case in point. If a person or people, who do not have the legal and lawful authority or purpose of doing so, kick in my door or breach my home using other methods at two in the morning, there is a reasonable amount of perceived intent on my part that they are there to deprive me or my family of our life based on the fact that they have already deprived us of our sense of individual privacy, security, and safety in our own home. Based on that reasonable amount of perceived intent on my part caused by the individual or individuals actions of kicking in my door or other means of entrance at two in the morning with the intention of further depriving me or my family of our rights, freedom, and/or life, I have every right and obligation for the preservation of life (pertaining to me and/or my family) to use an amount of justifiable action and/or force (up to and including death) necessary to stop the threat of further persecution from the individual or individuals.
 
Regarding the use of deadly force in a self-defense situation or for the preservation of life like the one I just mentioned, I have heard the statement or similar sounding statements of, “what if they are there just to steal your TV? Is their life worth more than your property?” To me, it would seem that the individual or individuals who are or attempting to deprive me of my rights, freedoms, and/or life by breaking into my home decided that my property is worth more than my life, or the life of my family, or even their own life. Just to further clarify, whether their (individual or individuals committing the home invasion) intent is to deprive me or my family of property and/or life, it is not the responsibility or obligation of the person (homeowner) who is actively being deprived of their rights and freedoms to determine the intent (good or bad) of the other person or persons. So, whether someone kicks in my door at two in the morning to steal a TV or to murder my family, I am going to reasonably assume the worst in that person or persons and expect violence on their part towards me or my family because they have already proven they are capable of using some form of it. When it is all said and done, it is important to remember, I did not put them in that situation, they willingly and intentionally put me and/or my family in that situation and they did so against our will.
 
It is also unreasonable to assume an individual or individuals who are actively and illegally depriving a person of their rights, freedoms, and/or life who also have the advantage of intimidation and fear, along with the element of surprise, will at any point cease their actions or have a de-escalation of force one their own freewill or with the good intention to stop their persecution of others before things get any worse. It is also unreasonable to assume that that same person or persons standing in your house at two in the morning are not capable of committing additional crimes (assault, rape, murder, etc.) if the opportunity presents itself.
 
Meaning, if the person or persons who just kicked in your door or other means of forced entry into your home at two in the morning with the sole intention (at that time) of just illegally depriving you of your property now sees you cowering in fear in the corner of the room, bagging for your life, there is a high probability that person will now capitalize on your fear and use some type of physical violence against you. It is imperative that you understand, predators in the animal world do not stop using violence because their prey is weak or disadvantaged, they in fact turn that into their (the predator) strength. In a similar way, most people who are actively using actions or force to illegally deprive other people of their rights, freedoms, and/or life have a predatorial mindset and they will not stop just because the other person is weak or disadvantaged. People like that are not good people. They are not there to do good things to the other person. They do not have the desire to help. They are in fact, bad people doing bad things and they will continually do bad things to more people. Often times the threat of incarceration is not enough to prevent them from committing crimes or breaking laws, especially if they are currently doing so. Laws only help prevent crime or protect those from crime or violence if people are willing to abide by them. Once that crime has been committed, that law is effectively useless in preventing further crime or providing further protection during that moment or moments. Typically, their deprivation will only stop when they are met with a force equal to or greater than what they are using or capable of.
 
If and when you find yourself in a life-or-death situation caused by the actions of another person or persons with the intention or perceived intention of illegally depriving you of your rights, freedoms, and/or life, please do not be fearful to act in self-defense. If you have the means to act, you need to do so immediately and effectively. If they see that you are not willing to fight to save your own life, they absolutely will not fight to save your life. The idea that a bad person doing bad things to you will at some point start doing good things is a miscommunication and a dangerous one at that.

It is extremely important that if you feel the need to use self-defense or placed in a situation or position to use it, that it is truly the time and place for it. If you use "self-defense" in a situation where it was not self-defense (i.e. if you are the aggressor) than that death or the possibility of it is not justified and is classified as murder, manslaughter, or another variation of a criminal action.
 
Having said that, we (Intuitive Defense) recommended that you do not allow other people to negatively influence your right and ability to protect you, your family, or others in a self-defense situation. If someone tells you that using self-defense is wrong because it is never, “right to take a life”, remind them that self-defense is preservation of life. People who give poorly formed advice such as that tend to package it in the means of a “guilt trip” or “virtue signaling”. They do this to put down or be little your right and/or ability for self-defense. More times than not, those same people have not been in a true life or death situation. Because of this, their uninformed and non-experienced based opinion means very little. If they find themselves in a similar life or death situation and want to maintain the “moral highroad” there is a very good chance that road will only lead them and possibly their family to the hospital or to the grave.      
If you have a weapon (knife and/or gun) or are looking at getting a weapon for the primary purpose of self-defense, we recommend getting training with it at some point. Knowledge is power. When things get bad, seconds and inches matter and those can be the two factors that determine if you live or die.
 
The best time to learn the application of violence for the preservation of life is in times of peace, not chaos. 

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