People are trying to kill me!!!!

[wfooshee]

The best way I've seen it put is that you don't shoot to kill, you don't shoot to maim, you just want the aggressor to stop the aggression and that just may only need a round chambered and pointed his way.

The fundamental and deadly flaw in that is the assumption that your opponent is unarmed and will suddenly become submissive, and that nobody around the incident is going to interpret your action as an immediate and deadly threat and take what they see as appropriate action against you.

The only reason a civilian should draw a weapon is for its immediate use. If someone is committing an act which is an immediate threat to life or limb, you drop them. No warning, no "Stop or I'll shoot," you drop them to save the other life. You shoot to kill. That's how it's taught in the concealed carry permit class.

The guy chasing me in road rage or whatever his problem was seemed like a possible threat to my life, but as soon as I parked in front of the restaurant and he parked, too, that threat was removed. Had I been armed I had no legal reason to brandish a weapon.

 

[old&slow]

The best way I've seen it put is that you don't shoot to kill, you don't shoot to maim, you just want the aggressor to stop the aggression and that just may only need a round chambered and pointed his way.

The fundamental and deadly flaw in that is the assumption that your opponent is unarmed and will suddenly become submissive, and that nobody around the incident is going to interpret your action as an immediate and deadly threat and take what they see as appropriate action against you.

The only reason a civilian should draw a weapon is for its immediate use. If someone is committing an act which is an immediate threat to life or limb, you drop them. No warning, no "Stop or I'll shoot," you drop them to save the other life. You shoot to kill. That's how it's taught in the concealed carry permit class.

The guy chasing me in road rage or whatever his problem was seemed like a possible threat to my life, but as soon as I parked in front of the restaurant and he parked, too, that threat was removed. Had I been armed I had no legal reason to brandish a weapon.

Wfooshee ,, I appears you have a better understanding than most ... :clapping:

And IF "something had happen " and HIS buddies didn't back you up in court it could have been considered escalation of a road rage incident...

With YOU at fault,,, or the aggressor ,, or your escalation of the incident to deadly force...

And you could have been in Deep dog Do-do...

Plus you wouldn't have had the total shock of the the guy coming up to you later and saying he was sorry ,,!!?? amazing .....

When you saw the guy ,, did you think ," Oh NO ,Round 2" !!

And after he said he was sorry did you stand there with you mouth hanging open ,, thinking what the Hell was that ???

 

[wfooshee]

Plus you wouldn't have had the total shock of the the guy coming up to you later and saying he was sorry ,,!!?? amazing .....When you saw the guy ,, did you think ," Oh NO ,Round 2" !!

And after he said he was sorry did you stand there with you mouth hanging open ,, thinking what the Hell was that ???

The apology was from the red-light runner, not the chaser.

 

[old&slow]

Plus you wouldn't have had the total shock of the the guy coming up to you later and saying he was sorry ,,!!?? amazing .....When you saw the guy ,, did you think ," Oh NO ,Round 2" !!

And after he said he was sorry did you stand there with you mouth hanging open ,, thinking what the Hell was that ???

The apology was from the red-light runner, not the chaser.

Sorry ,, I mis-understood ,,,, I thought it was the chaser ,,, That's why I was amazed,, I thought the chaser had done a Mr. Hyde / Dr Jekell

on you .... Anyway ,,, glad you used your head and are OK..!!!