Posted on 07/05/2005 10:00:25 AM PDT by vannrox
Practice, practice and more practice is needed.
Thank you. That is exactly what I talking about. If the little punk, (nicest word I could think of), was wielding an ice pick she should have discouraged any ambitions he may have had by popping a few rounds through his chest.
Mostly I agree with you - except for the unfortunate Nicole Simpson being murdered as her Akita, allegedly, stood by and watch.
She had that wrong. It should go like this:
STOP! BANG... or I'll shoot.
Good move! I hope it makes some other 'nervous nellies' think hard about owning a pistol, especially if they are women living alone.
I'm going to ID you as being someone other than a guest or family member, and then you die. I'll worry about the legality of my actions later.
As for your machismo... you might, might from sheer dead weight intertia, manage to stick me once, but I guarentee you will do nothing after that first lunge accept bleed out into the carpet.
Two to center mass. One to the head.
I know nothing about the Akita breed.
However, OJ was probably around the dog a lot and seemed to be no threat to its mistress.
"My third line of defense are my dogs. Up to this point the intruder can walk away with his/her life."
We had this wonderful female German Short Haired Pointer. She weighed about 90#'s in her prime. She bit intruders in a very critical spot. She broke up two breakins at a neighbor's house, kept my wife and kids protected during the E Side Rapist rampage in the Sacramento area. We believed that she prevented two breakins here, and the one time my wife didn't let her go after the intruder, a boat motor was stolen.
She was as gentle as a lamb with any child who wasn't a teenager, protective of our children and my wife and probably would have killed or maimed on my command.
"World's best safety combination--a good dog and a good gun."
I agree. If the sound of my dog does not dissuade an intruder... I'm hoping the icy sound of a round being chambered does. And if that does not work, shoot first and ask questions later... an intruder with an ice pick and/or knife is not dropping by to share a cup of tea. Geez, this story gives me chills.
Yeah, But...
98% of criminal attempts are decided in favor of the good guys...) merely through brandishing.
She did just fine.
Your opinion is exactly correct.
Shooting-to-kill with no real apparent deadly threat is not only stupid, it DOES have serious moral implications.
I'm retired LEO and former rangemaster. Here's what we would demonstrate to the guys to show them that they could possibly still get out of a sticky situation in the event that someone got the drop on them: the trainee has a deactivated revolver or semiauto (i.e., firing pin removed, gun painted red, cylinders/chamber plugged, etc), hammer cocked, safety off, pointed right at the chest of the person playing the officer role. The gun can be touching to about 1 foot away (grabbing distance). The gun person is told that the officer is going to grab the gun away and to "shoot" the officer before the officer grabs his gun. About 99.99% of the time the gun is "fired" (hammer falls) when the gun is no longer pointed at the officer. Try this (SAFELY) with your kid's cap gun.
According to her story, she did not KNOW anyone was in the apartment until she discovered him.
But your point is valid--if you KNOW there's an invader, you avoid engagement and use the phone.
With luck, you can get to a spot from which you can defend the entire family and not have engaged.
Righto...and I don't want to jeapordize my immortal soul for some criminal. Not to mention the nightmares and likely therapy I'd need afterwards. I've never killed anyone, but from what I understand, it's a lot easier said than done. I'll pass if it's not necessary.
I'm with you on this. I don't have the training to risk going down a set of stairs looking for someone who might have broken in.
So, I would hunker down in a corner and call the cops. I figure if the criminals are in the house, they'll eventually find me and very probably have no idea what hit them.
I do like the final line where she heads to the range to practice some more.
I capped him every time.
Definately won't be seeing this story in the msm.
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