Posted on 09/08/2010 6:49:41 AM PDT by mikelets456
Never ever fire “warning” shots. Shoot to kill or do not shoot at all. By telling the police that you fired a “warning” shot, you are confessing that you did not feel you or another were in mortal peril; getting there, perhaps, but not yet there. In this man’s case, the “warning” shots should have been fired into the middle of someone’s chest. That would serve to “warn” the others to be someplace else.
(And tactically speaking, he probably should have gone back inside his house. I don’t know if NY has a Castle Doctrine law, but he would have the advantage inside his own home even if he wasn’t legally obligated to retreat. He knows the layout while the goblins don’t. He would also have had incontrovertible proof that his life was in danger.)
I saw the guy being interveiwed on Fox.
He said the reason he went back out was because his cousin was still out there.
If his cousin wasn’t out there he would of stayed inside.
FWIW I thought the guy was sincere.
Warning shots are a waste of ammo.
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