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8-16-14 | Enterprise

Posted on 08/16/2014 8:09:55 AM PDT by Enterprise

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To: blu

You need to go get a Sig 226 and run one in the tube. I carry the Springfield Armory XDM-40 with one in the tube at all times. I don’t have the extra second or two to rack a weapon. I have CCL now for five years and never had to pull but if I do I have 17 ready to rock and roll.


101 posted on 08/16/2014 12:34:22 PM PDT by lostboy61 (Lock and Load and stand your ground!.)
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To: lostboy61

Yep!
XDm .45 on my hip, FRiend.


102 posted on 08/16/2014 12:37:34 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Uninstall Fascist Firefox. Get Pale Moon.)
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To: Nervous Tick

“Those are the only two possibilities?

There’s nothing in between?”

The average CCW has 6 shots these days. It takes more than one to assure a stop of an aggressor, many more than one shot if the shooter is highly stressed. Tell me, what options do you have with a pop gun in your pocket?

Safely un-assing the area is the best outcome.


103 posted on 08/16/2014 12:53:13 PM PDT by wrench
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To: blu

Roger that what ever works for you, but you better be quick.


104 posted on 08/16/2014 1:18:53 PM PDT by Rappini (Veritas vos Liberabit)
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To: blu

If I read correctly, he attacked me in my car, at that point in time, a shot would be in self defense. He stopped the attack and walked away while I’m still in my car, shooting him at that point would not be self defense, it would be revenge.

The last point is the most complex. I’ve stepped out of my car with a weapon after he has walked away. At that point, I have become the aggressor. Anything he does to provoke me is just stupid on his part but I have become the aggressor. And I have put myself in the untenable position of either shooting him or standing there like a fool with a drawn weapon.

I do not doubt that a good prosecutor could make a jury believe a reasonable person would drive away given the opportunity. Regardless of how many names he called you, he stopped the attack before killing you. You did not deescalate, rather after simple assault ended, you in premeditation, drew a weapon and murdered the man. They would offer you a plea to manslaughter and your lawyer would recommend you take it.

A little different circumstance but a family friend got thrashed by bikers at a bar, he made it out to his car and was driving away when he saw his friend getting a beat down, he used deadly force to save his friend, he spent 18 years in prison for it.


105 posted on 08/16/2014 2:07:52 PM PDT by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: BykrBayb

Nope.

If I were unarmed, the cops would just arrest both of us for fighting on the street and try to sort it out later, but as a holder of CC license, I’m required to deescalate the situation. I am held to a higher standard.

I know things vary by state but even under stand your ground, you are on thin ice if the beating stopped and you get out of your car with a gun. You have just done a little more than stand your ground.


106 posted on 08/16/2014 2:18:38 PM PDT by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: wrench

>> Tell me, what options do you have with a pop gun in your pocket?

First, a false dichotomy, and now a straw man argument... are you trying to rack up as many logical fallacies as you can in one thread, or something?


107 posted on 08/16/2014 2:34:27 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: dangerdoc

Wrong. If I want to go into the store I’ve pulled up to, I’m not required to leave just because somebody assaulted me and then walked away. I can still get out of my car, with my legal gun, and head toward the store. If the assailant backtracks and is clearly about to assault me again, I get to shoot him. It’s in the rulebook.

Sure, I have the option of surrendering to his demands, but I’m not very good at that. I can never seem to master that whole useless little girl routine of whimpering “Oh me, oh my, what ever shall I do?”

If I am assaulted, I will defend myself. I don’t care if the assailant, you, and the whole of liberal society get offended. I’m not giving up. And I don’t have to.


108 posted on 08/16/2014 2:54:03 PM PDT by BykrBayb (The ovens weren’t lit in '35, but the smell of sulfur was in the air. ~ Þ)
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To: BykrBayb

If I’m on the jury, I will vote to acquit.


109 posted on 08/16/2014 3:27:43 PM PDT by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: dangerdoc

Thanks. Bring eleven of your closest friends. I’ll bring pizza.


110 posted on 08/16/2014 3:43:05 PM PDT by BykrBayb (The ovens weren’t lit in '35, but the smell of sulfur was in the air. ~ Þ)
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To: Enterprise

BANG! BANG!... clean up in aisle 5.

CC


111 posted on 08/16/2014 4:04:42 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: Enterprise

Hugs not slugs.


112 posted on 08/16/2014 9:18:00 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Nervous Tick

Don’t get too carried away with the Texas brag, you’re getting overrun as we speak, just like we were.


113 posted on 08/17/2014 5:17:40 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Nervous Tick

Go get em, I’ll sit on your jury when “Just Us” goes after you.


114 posted on 08/17/2014 6:08:34 AM PDT by wrench
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To: Enterprise
If you drove away to call the police that is acceptable. However, the Tony Stewart option resulted in the death of the other driver. You would be hard pressed to justify that.

Only if my intent could be proven. I'm not going to hit the guy on purpose but if I swerve to avoid him and accidentally hit him in the process, I have witnesses proving the other person was being aggressive and belligerent and I was simply trying to get my family to safety.

Unfortunately, the legal system now only notices the race of the bully and the victim and chooses who was right based on ethnic sensibilities.

115 posted on 08/17/2014 12:53:48 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Every time you say no to a liberal, you make the Baby Barack cry.)
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To: wrench

I’ve got a newsflash for you many many CCL’s carry full frame weapons. I have a Keltec PMR 30. 30 standing for 30 round magazine. Mr. GG2 has a .40 with 17 rounds. Besides if you can’t put somebody down with 6 shots you need more range time and you should not be carrying.


116 posted on 08/17/2014 3:47:18 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: lostboy61

Israeli draw is OK if you practice, practice, practice but you are right. One in the tube is better. That’s why I passed on the Glock and went for weapon with a safety.


117 posted on 08/17/2014 3:51:33 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
I go to the range once a month and take my weapon out of the holster as I carry it. Have not had one time when it did not go bang on the first try. Now I know the ammo is good, the weapon is good and I'm good to go. Always shoot a silhouette target as a round bulls eye has never shot at me. Shoot your weapon as if it's a combat encounter every time you go to the range. If you can get to a shoot and scoot range some time you will learn how good or poor you really are.
118 posted on 08/17/2014 4:06:35 PM PDT by lostboy61 (Lock and Load and stand your ground!.)
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