Should guns be banned in hospitals?

[PavePusher]

205. I have no need to kill anyone. I have the need to defend myself.

Unless your crystal ball is better than mine, I will not know if, when, where or how many. When engaged in defending myself, I am under no legal or moral obligation to endure any risk greater than neccesary. Thus I will use the most efficient tools available to me to mitigate risk of injury to myself. This almost by definition includes the means to project force at a distance greater than my personal reach, or that of my attacker. This does not indicate a desire to kill, as you have clearly insinuated.

Please note that succesful defense does not equal killing someone. That is, in fact, a tiny fraction of all self-defense incidents. Note also that self-defense by no means equates to "judge, jury, and executioner". That would be vigilantism, which has nothing to do with defense.

You have deadly weapons at your disposal at all times. Hands and feet kill more people than rifles and shotguns every year. And yet you project that I am prepared/equiped solely for killing multiple people.

I am very glad that you've never been a victim of violence. I would never wish harm on innocent people. But your circumstances are not equivalent to those of many others. If a criminal wishes to be safe, they merely have to make a simple decision to not attack me. If they do so anyway, I am not morally or legally obligated to ensure their health and safety. That's simply not how it works.