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Same here. If someone is pointing a gun at me, and demanding my money, I would be toast if I even considered firing a warning shot. The strategy would be to not let the gunner know that I have a gun. With the element of surprise, and as soon as he is distracted, I would draw my gun and neutralize him so he isn't a threat anymore.It is ridiculous that they even think they have the authority to grant us "permission" to fire ANY kind of shot, warning or otherwise, in a life-threatening situation. If someone's trying to harm me or someone I'm shooting them until the threat is over.
Florida Expanding 'Stand Your Ground' Law
I would never fire a warning shot.
Firing a warning shot doesn't mean no one will be hurt. The person you are warning might be hurt, but someone ten miles away might be killed from your bullet.
Really? Ten miles away? Where can I get a gun that fires ten miles? I'll bet that recoil is a bitch
22 LR can travel up to 2 miles
30-06 can go up to 3 miles
50 caliber up to 5.
Some big bore guns like the .900 NE, who fucking knows?
That is not 'effective range' just how far the bullet can travel whether ballisticly stable or not.
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Could I just shoot them in the leg and call that their warning?
I'm not an expert, but I always learned that if you are going to pull the trigger, shoot to kill.
Immie
Well, shoot to 'stop them'; their health being a tertiary matter.
Of course you don't do anything until the criminal has been distracted. There have been many cases where convenience store owners were able to take down armed criminals who were pointing guns at them.Same here. If someone is pointing a gun at me, and demanding my money, I would be toast if I even considered firing a warning shot. The strategy would be to not let the gunner know that I have a gun. With the element of surprise, and as soon as he is distracted, I would draw my gun and neutralize him so he isn't a threat anymore.I would never fire a warning shot.
you are joking.., RIGHT ?? if a criminal is pointing a gun at you, chances are he will not be distracted, if by some chance he is distracted you will still get shot as soon as he sees you are making a move, you will end up dead or severly wounded.
I'm not an expert, but I always learned that if you are going to pull the trigger, shoot to kill.
Immie
Well, shoot to 'stop them'; their health being a tertiary matter.
Way I see it is unless you are within arms reach if you aim for the arms or legs you are more likely to miss and never get a second chance to defend yourself. Aim for the biggest mass ie the chest. If you only wound, but disable your attacker, so much the better, but at least you are alive.
Immie
I'm not an expert, but I always learned that if you are going to pull the trigger, shoot to kill.
Immie
Well, shoot to 'stop them'; their health being a tertiary matter.
Way I see it is unless you are within arms reach if you aim for the arms or legs you are more likely to miss and never get a second chance to defend yourself. Aim for the biggest mass ie the chest. If you only wound, but disable your attacker, so much the better, but at least you are alive.
Immie
Well, shoot to 'stop them'; their health being a tertiary matter.
Way I see it is unless you are within arms reach if you aim for the arms or legs you are more likely to miss and never get a second chance to defend yourself. Aim for the biggest mass ie the chest. If you only wound, but disable your attacker, so much the better, but at least you are alive.
Immie
Agreed, but the terms you use can kill YOU in court.
It is never 'I decided to kill him.' It should always be 'I tried to stop him from harming me, and he unfortunately died from the impact.'
10 miles?Firing a warning shot doesn't mean no one will be hurt. The person you are warning might be hurt, but someone ten miles away might be killed from your bullet.
Of course you don't do anything until the criminal has been distracted. There have been many cases where convenience store owners were able to take down armed criminals who were pointing guns at them.Same here. If someone is pointing a gun at me, and demanding my money, I would be toast if I even considered firing a warning shot. The strategy would be to not let the gunner know that I have a gun. With the element of surprise, and as soon as he is distracted, I would draw my gun and neutralize him so he isn't a threat anymore.
you are joking.., RIGHT ?? if a criminal is pointing a gun at you, chances are he will not be distracted, if by some chance he is distracted you will still get shot as soon as he sees you are making a move, you will end up dead or severly wounded.
Of course you don't do anything until the criminal has been distracted. There have been many cases where convenience store owners were able to take down armed criminals who were pointing guns at them.you are joking.., RIGHT ?? if a criminal is pointing a gun at you, chances are he will not be distracted, if by some chance he is distracted you will still get shot as soon as he sees you are making a move, you will end up dead or severly wounded.
that may be true.., BUT !, "If someone is pointing a gun at me, and demanding my money," i was presuming the scenario was an in the shadows, poorly lit street, sidewalk hold up, the thief has chosen his spot well and will not be distracted, unless of course a UFO lands and E.T. steps out and blasts the crook with his evaporation ray gun.
It is ridiculous that they even think they have the authority to grant us "permission" to fire ANY kind of shot, warning or otherwise, in a life-threatening situation. If someone's trying to harm me or someone I'm shooting them until the threat is over.
Florida Expanding 'Stand Your Ground' Law
It is ridiculous that they even think they have the authority to grant us "permission" to fire ANY kind of shot, warning or otherwise, in a life-threatening situation. If someone's trying to harm me or someone I'm shooting them until the threat is over.
Florida Expanding 'Stand Your Ground' Law
Yes, because someone who enters your property without permission is obviously trying to break in and kill you.
It is ridiculous that they even think they have the authority to grant us "permission" to fire ANY kind of shot, warning or otherwise, in a life-threatening situation. If someone's trying to harm me or someone I'm shooting them until the threat is over.
Florida Expanding 'Stand Your Ground' Law
Yes, because someone who enters your property without permission is obviously trying to break in and kill you.
She likely would have been charged anyway, even if this law had been in place at the time since she wasn't actually "standing her ground." During a fight with her abusive husband, she ran into her garage to fetch her gun; then went back inside the house to scare him by firing a warning shot.Wait, a Republican correcting a law that wrongly sent a black woman to prison for 20 years? Something isn't right here.
It is ridiculous that they even think they have the authority to grant us "permission" to fire ANY kind of shot, warning or otherwise, in a life-threatening situation. If someone's trying to harm me or someone I'm shooting them until the threat is over.
Florida Expanding 'Stand Your Ground' Law
Yes, because someone who enters your property without permission is obviously trying to break in and kill you.
It is ridiculous that they even think they have the authority to grant us "permission" to fire ANY kind of shot, warning or otherwise, in a life-threatening situation. If someone's trying to harm me or someone I'm shooting them until the threat is over.
Florida Expanding 'Stand Your Ground' Law
Yes, because someone who enters your property without permission is obviously trying to break in and kill you.
Anyone who enters my house between the hours of 10 pm and 5 am risks being greeted by a 9mm.
She likely would have been charged anyway, even if this law had been in place at the time since she wasn't actually "standing her ground." During a fight with her abusive husband, she ran into her garage to fetch her gun; then went back inside the house to scare him by firing a warning shot.Wait, a Republican correcting a law that wrongly sent a black woman to prison for 20 years? Something isn't right here.
That doesn't sound like stand your ground to me.
Before her conviction, Alexander argued that she fired the gun in self-defense and attempted to invoke Floridas controversial Stand Your Ground clause, which permits individuals to use deadly force in order to protect themselves. Alexander had an active restraining order against her husband, Rico Gray, who had also previously been convicted of domestic violence against her. She claimed Gray was physically and emotionally abusing her before she fired the gun.
Yes, because someone who enters your property without permission is obviously trying to break in and kill you.
Anyone who enters my house between the hours of 10 pm and 5 am risks being greeted by a 9mm.
9 mm is effective. I keep a loaded .357 seven shot revolver, a loaded .40 caliber semi-auto with a chambered round by my bedside and a .40caliber semi-auto carbine in the corner plus a Bowie knife. The handguns and knife are within arm's reach and the carbine is a couple steps away. Within a few seconds I can have 27 rounds and the knife to defend the family.
