“Use of force is a decision that should have been made before you got the job.”

via 5 highlights of the Deadly Force Expert Panel at ILEETA 2014.

Although International Law Enforcement Educators & Trainers Association is directed to cops, this is something we as concealed carriers and gun owners in general must ponder with all seriousness. Are we really prepared to effectively use  deadly force when the adrenalin dumps?  Most of the time, a forcible felony won’t give you the chance to ponder the mysteries, morality and philosophy of shooting a deadly threat and in the few instances that it may, your brain must be processing how to survive and not what will the consequences be.

And this is something you must think about every day at the same time you pray never to be in that situation.