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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

Those two contradict and do not make sense.

Wrong. They don't contradict each other and they make perfect sense.

Premeditation means you have a plan to kill someone in particular, you've thought about it before hand, and you've taken steps to do it.

Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

A soldier defending her or his country thinks about killing before performing the action. A person hearing their house being robbed thinks about killing, or committing murder in your case, before they do it.

Nice try, but not even close. A soldier doesn't think about a particular soldier in the opposing army. They think about trying to stay alive and killing those who mean to kill them. Not even on the same planet with premeditated murder. A person who shoots someone robbing their house has not planned to kill someone, and has not taken steps to kill them. Also, using force against those who use aggression against you is not murder. It's self-defense which again, is a million miles away from premeditated murder. Your examples are laughable.

Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

On the other hand, sometimes people on drugs such as PCP do not think about killing people before they do. They will freak out and act irrationally and on impulse and some will not remember what they did when they are done tripping. The same goes for some insanity cases, it can be an impulsive act.

If you make a choice to use drugs, you are responsible for any damage you cause while on those drugs. This includes murdering people. If I drink and drive and I hit a pedestrian who later dies, I have committed murder. The same is true for any other drug regardless of how it affects your mind.

Again, your example is nowhere near what I've discussed.