PA “Castle Doctrine” took effect 8/26/11. Hope more of these urban predators get ventilated.
After all of the mass shootings recently, like the one in Nevada today, we need to protect ourselves. Police will only be there to question the witnesses. My understanding is that the gunman/woman shot himself before the police got there.
One thing that bugs me about this article - they won’t release the perp’s name because he’s a juvenile, but the cops & media have no qualms about releasing the victim’s name. Hope that doesn’t make him a target for the perp’s thug friends.
Robbin folks is like the lottery but not as much fun when you lose.
The 15 year old should get to spend a loooooog time in prison.
“I’m your huckleberry”
It’s important to examine this from the point of view of tactics.
If you have CC that is readily accessible, you have decided advantages in a one-on-one armed robbery situation. To start with, the robber wants to rob you, not get caught, and maybe not even be observed. His mind is going in a multitude of directions, but you have a single focus: pull your gun, take it off safety, maybe charge it and fire.
You can act when you choose to act, so you might actually appear to cooperate, so you will have an element of surprise. On the other hand, the robber wants to *rob* you, not shoot you, then he wants to escape.
Often such robbers fortify themselves with drugs or alcohol first, which is again to your advantage.
Now, this situation is somewhat different, as there are three robbers, with one of them being armed. This makes it harder for you to get the element of surprise. So likely your best bet is to use maneuver as well.
In this case, you want to limit your profile to the gunman, by facing him sideways instead of head on, the side opposite your gun, to help conceal your draw, and you want to move diagonally, hopefully to put one of his confederates between you and him. If it is possible to dart around a wall corner or utility pole, for cover, even better.
Finally, if at all possible, shoot to kill, as it will cost the taxpayers a good $2m to incarcerate each of those robbers otherwise.
While you would prefer to shoot the gunman, it is better to get off a shot quick into one of his confederates, for the shock effect, and then keep firing continually at all of the robbers, do not wait to see the effect of bullets or the reactions of the robbers.
If you’re a white student at Temple, you damn well better be packing.