I've pointed a gun at three people in the past
thirty years but never had to shoot.

My dad was quite fanatical about firearms,
owning something like 300 weapons
but the first and foremost thing
he taught me was moral responsibility
and authority.

You don't shoot somebody unless all
other possibilities are exhausted.

You don't shoot somebody for inconsequential things.

You don't instigate or escalate a situation,
to justify shooting somebody.