Jullianna, I actually saw you mention in another thread that Jim had written about the four men who were killed protecting their ladies, and I looked through his posts to find it. I had considered starting a thread about it, but I still need to respond to other threads, so I found what Jim said to comment on it. I'm not really sure what to say, now that I'm here, but the Bible verse that says "greater love hath no man than this; that he lay down his life for his friends" comes to mind. As I was typing the last sentence, it made me wonder if dying for your friends is more a love issue than dying for one's wife...not that it's not love that makes them put their lives on the line for their wives (and not that a wife can't be a friend also), but perhaps it's more of an instinct than dying for another guy, and would have more personal benefits than protecting another man (someone will be there to take care of your children, etc.). It still makes me cry either way, though. Also, that verse (John 15:13) always makes me think of Jesus dying for us; He died for ALL of us, and it was for our eternal souls, so it's more than a human could ever do, and so much more than we could ever deserve....
Well, now that I've said all that, does anyone care to elaborate? I hadn't come here to ask a question, but now that I brought one up, what do you feel, guys; is protecting a female more of an instinct than getting in between another guy and gunfire? I'm sure that when the time arises, you don't think about it; you just do it, but I've heard a few guys say that in their head they'd gone through the possibilities of what they'd do in case of an attack like this. One of these guys had been having dreams about it, and he and his friend managed to distract the shooter enough for their classmates to escape, and everyone ended up fine. Well, not sure what ended up happening to the shooter, but the police apprehended him, after the young man and his friend wrestled the gun away; nobody got hurt.
Hadn't meant to type such a long post, but I am curious as to what you guys think about when you're thinking about what you'd do in situations like this, and if protecting a female is more of an instinct, or if the instinct is more "protect everyone", or something else entirely.