Posted on 10/30/2016 5:07:30 AM PDT by marktwain
***Shooting at someone who is running away is frowned upon in most states.***
In some states it appears they want the criminal to have one last chance to suddenly turn around and kill you! What if the criminal’s bullet contacts you before you can return fire?
If you know the criminal has a gun, it is generally accepted to fire on them.
At ranges less than thirty yards the Aguila 60 gr .22lr is extremely painful and lethal more quickly than a minimag pass through. A shot high in the chest will end the fight quickly. Head shots? ... Well there are youtube videos of what those do to a melon ... from a 10.5 inch AR pistol barrel, the round is a good home defense no recoil round that anyone in the household can handle with ease.
“My Fanner 50 training paid off”
Well, even though I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about handguns, you stumped me with with your Fanner fifty. So, I googled it. I believe it’s become a collectible. Do you still have it? Might be worth some money. I had a set of Roy Rogers six shooters. I don’t recall how well they operated when being fanned though. Being I lived on my grandfathers farm during my early years I graduated to a Red Rider BB gun pretty quickly, no sparrow was safe there after I can tell you, ha ha!
>>You forget. Situations like this are always a gamble. So, the proper way to do it is...
“Sir, I’ll see your .22, and raise you .23.”
That gives the bad guy an opportunity to call or fold.<<
Come on, gamble like you want to win!
“Sir, I’ll see your .22, and double it to .44, plus 1 which is .45”
“Your play, Sir”
I no longer have them, (I had the Marshall Set, two holsters) they were probably passed on to my brothers. The Fanner 50 was just about the perfect toy. It lasted as long as I wanted it, when I outgrew it, it was passed on. Never broke. I have no regrets, some fond memories. I can assure you mine was not in factory condition. And a lot of varmints ate lead out of its barrel.
I think my Army unit took if for granted that any American boy, even one born in New York City, knew how to handle a handgun. I grew up in New York when the homicide rate was about the same as Vermont’s today. The last thing anyone worried about was crime. We didn’t lock our doors. Welfare immigration from the rural South and Puerto Rico ended all that.
” Welfare immigration from the rural South and Puerto Rico ended all that”
Well, I’m a born and bred Texan, and live in the DFW area. It appears the tide has changed. We are being flooded from folks from the northeast and upper Midwest. We can’t build roads fast enough to handle the up turn in traffic. As far as I’m concerned the border patrol is guarding the wrong River. The need to start patrolling the Red River.
” Welfare immigration from the rural South and Puerto Rico ended all that”
Well, I’m a born and bred Texan, and live in the DFW area. It appears the tide has changed. We are being flooded from folks from the northeast and upper Midwest. We can’t build roads fast enough to handle the up turn in traffic. As far as I’m concerned the border patrol is guarding the wrong River. The need to start patrolling the Red River.
The folks who stayed in the South are fine. It’s the ones who took the Greyhound to New York City looking for welfare that have been disruptive, to put it mildly. When I was growing up New York City was about 95% white, and yes it was a much more pleasant place.
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