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A lot of confusing stories out there on this one, it’s weird and tragic.

Basically a thug carjacks a workers vehicle, a Good Samaritan tries to intervene, shoots 4x at the thug from point blank distance and misses every time, thug then puts Goodyear tread marks all over the Good Samaritan …killing him.

After watching this I’m going to practice drawing and dry firing for 1/2 an hour today then do some drawing and live firing tomorrow.

1 posted on 04/15/2024 5:23:15 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: Phoenix8

How can you miss at that range. Better to shoot out the tires then let the cops figure it out.


2 posted on 04/15/2024 5:28:34 AM PDT by SteelPSUGOP (UGHT)
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To: Phoenix8
I don't understand why cops and individuals in this case wouldn't put a round in the tire, one in the engine hoping for a lucky shot, and then empty the magazine through the door to where the driver's hunched down torso and thighs would be instead of trying to shoot through the glass at someone who's ducking.
3 posted on 04/15/2024 5:29:35 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Phoenix8

no idea how he could have missed him so many times that close.


4 posted on 04/15/2024 5:32:39 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Phoenix8

Don’t shoot yourself. If you are practicing quick draw, then you have a round chambered and are more likely to injure yourself by inadvertent discharge than to come into a situation where 2 seconds count. If you are encountering situations where 2 seconds count on a regular basis, then you should consider not going to that section of town.


5 posted on 04/15/2024 5:37:53 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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Gives creedance to the CCW training I giv: Stay in your lane (or not your circus, not your monkeys)


8 posted on 04/15/2024 5:56:46 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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No bail? I don’t understand. Why was he even charged?


11 posted on 04/15/2024 6:13:03 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Phoenix8

That guy is gonna needa new hard hat.


15 posted on 04/15/2024 6:30:11 AM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: Phoenix8

IT’S A CAR!!! Let them steal it. That is what insurance is for. How utterly stupid.


17 posted on 04/15/2024 6:33:26 AM PDT by montag813
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To: Phoenix8
"Him and one other man can be seen..."

"Him" as the subject of the verb?

19 posted on 04/15/2024 6:42:15 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Phoenix8

Unless you have no protective cover and the driver is trying to mow you down, you never shoot a weapon at a car if you have half a brain.

Your first priority is to avoid being hit by the vehicle, and warn or assist others to do the same.

Your second priority is to evaluate whether someone else’s life is in danger from the vehicle, balanced against:

a. chances of a stray bullet injuring or killing a bystander down range, and

b. what you will have to explain to the cops, a judge and a jury that would justify your actions and avoid criminal penalties.

Very few jurisdictions in this country allow cowboy vigilante antics. And very few jurors would say that a vehicle is worth more than the potential death of a human, even that of a lowlife carjacker.


26 posted on 04/15/2024 7:59:02 AM PDT by Go_Raiders (An nescis, mi fili, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur? - Axel Oxenstierna)
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To: Phoenix8

Odds are one in a thousand (maybe 10,000) that he understands what “point blank” means, yet he used the term anyway.


29 posted on 04/15/2024 11:26:31 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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