KillerFord1977
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What if you dont believe in hell ?
Self-Defense and the Law: Is Shooting Long-Distance in Defense Defensible in Court?
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Talyn
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Not defending others when you could still puts you in a dark place of your choosing.
HansGruber
Ronin
The problem with this is that we want it to be black and white; easy decision. That’s The Bad Guy; shoot ‘em down.
Except it won’t be.
You’re in a parking lot; hear gunshots & screaming behind you. You turn around, and there’s someone shooting at someone; you can’t see who.
So, do you engage? I bet a lot of people here would.
Of course, that may be a CCW’r who beat you to the punch on the unseen Bad Guy; or an off-duty cop. Meanwhile, another CCW’r rushing to the scene sees YOU shooting; you’re The Bad Guy, as far as they’re concerned.
Don’t make it like it’s an easy decision, or that someone should be condemned for not going in guns blazing.
It ain’t a movie.
Except it won’t be.
You’re in a parking lot; hear gunshots & screaming behind you. You turn around, and there’s someone shooting at someone; you can’t see who.
So, do you engage? I bet a lot of people here would.
Of course, that may be a CCW’r who beat you to the punch on the unseen Bad Guy; or an off-duty cop. Meanwhile, another CCW’r rushing to the scene sees YOU shooting; you’re The Bad Guy, as far as they’re concerned.
Don’t make it like it’s an easy decision, or that someone should be condemned for not going in guns blazing.
It ain’t a movie.
KillerFord1977
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Yep
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HayesGreener
Ronin
Jutification for use of deadly force has nothing to do with distance, and has everything to do with whether a reasonable person believes he or she or others are in peril of death or grievous bodily harm. It can also be justified to stop imminent commission of a forcible felony. You can't put a range on that. Like everything else in use of force, "it depends", and laws vary state-to- state.
^^THIS^^
While you can cherry pick a long distance situation it really boils down to what YOU can JUSTIFY and ARTiCUlATE as LEGAL and what YOUR true abilities are which most average permit holders don’t practice at 25 yards let alone 50. (Most here I would put above average as we as a group I’d bet hit the range and shoot more than the average permit holder)
So that said my observation from filling in as a Range RSO with a 50 yards indoor range is most people that carry don’t routinely practice outside 5-10 yards. So most “average” folks aren’t really thinking about 20-25-50 yards. Unless an incident happens then they are all over it.
TEXASforLIFE
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Say, if you're carrying a compact or smaller 25+ yards is a challenge especially in 45acp. I stated that I shoot out to 100, but those are all full size. Accuracy in a compact or smaller at 25 yards can be tough, especially for a decent group. Sure you could hit a target at 100, but it's either spray and pray or take an extended time to aim which leaves you exposed.
yes bc if you have good sized hands and the pistol/revolver is small or tiny, you've gotta be careful here never mind the assailants. Also TEXAS points out that 25 yds and more is challenging for the small stuff. It is and due to several factors, such as size of firearm, sight radius (which is pitiful with smaller units), sights tending to be miniscule and more. It's one thing to be at a range on a cradle or bagrest shooting at a fair away target that isn't moving and having someone shooting at you during the same scenario possibly while you are moving (to avoid being hit) as well.
I mentioned this on a separate thread but one of the blocks on at the East Coast Snub Revolver roundup Bryan Eastridge had distance shokting. We shot at 50 yards there were 4 8” steel and 1 6” steel and we got consistent hits at that range with 1 7/8”-3” snubs (I cheated the only snub I have is a 3” Model 10 but Bolke and Eastridge said bring it and have fun so I did)
Everyone was ringing more steel than not just learning your gun and load and hold!
I have shot 50 before both as part of my states Municipal LE Qual back in the day and I shot weekly PPC matches just amateur recreation
While obviously you wouldn’t take a hostage rescue **** with a handgun at that range as long as you are clear of rule 4 issues it can be done.
Practice in B8 repair center out to 25 and if you can keep it in the black you will be “Minute of Man” at 50
Everyone was ringing more steel than not just learning your gun and load and hold!
I have shot 50 before both as part of my states Municipal LE Qual back in the day and I shot weekly PPC matches just amateur recreation
While obviously you wouldn’t take a hostage rescue **** with a handgun at that range as long as you are clear of rule 4 issues it can be done.
Practice in B8 repair center out to 25 and if you can keep it in the black you will be “Minute of Man” at 50
Spend a few years in the gopher village corporate america calls "cubicle offices", with all the woke crap mandatory courses, HR bs, downsizing, rightsizing, mergers, acquisitions, DEI, file and evidence retention rules, etc and you'll come around to believing in Hell sure enough.
KillerFord1977
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clearly then you have met some of his servants, the harpies, the churel, the lamia et al. Oddly enough they all work in Corporate HR.