Then the burgler would've lived.
And she would've ended up raped, or killed, or at the very least, assaulted. And that doesn't even take into account her baby.
And since I can't imagine anyone using a knife on a pregnant woman, I guess it would've been better if she didn't have the gun.
There are crimes of depravity everywhere. It's a sad fact that the stabbing of a pregnant woman--or a young mother of a baby in this specific case--isn't the most heinous crime I've read about.
A burglary isn't exactly a crime worthy of a death sentence...
That's true, and I'd support that it's not worthy of a death sentence were he arrested and tried in a court of law. But, this is a case of self defense, where she felt she was in mortal danger and used deadly force to prevent it from happening. And, to be completely honest, if someone was breaking into my house with a foot-long knife, I'd feel extremely threatened, too.
Not only did she have to think of her own well-being, she had to think of her baby's. It was them or him.
I just think a gun just makes it too easy to kill, also by 'accident'. It gives the user sense of power, which can be really dangerous in certain situations.
I understand the sentiment. But if I have a knife, or a baseball bat, or a tire iron, and you don't, I'd still have a feeling of power over a victim.
A knife, or other hand to hand combat tools, are a lot less dangerous and gives the user a lot less chance of success.
Arguable. I'd much rather face a n00b armed with a gun than an expert armed with a knife.
The overarching point I'd like to make that there are no bad things, just bad people. A knife, or a gun, or a car will not spontaneously become an accessory to murder. It takes a human being with malicious intent for that to happen. I mean, let's go back to that news story I was talking about (The girl's name is Sarah McKinley, if you want to google her). The man took a relatively less harmless tool, a knife, and was using it to perpetrate a crime. The young woman had a relatively deadlier gun, but owned and used it in a completely lawful fashion.