Have I defended the shoot or was I engaging in a discussion regarding the use of firearms for self defense?
Read my posts carefully.
Apology accepted.
Have a nice day.
Have I defended the shoot or was I engaging in a discussion regarding the use of firearms for self defense?
Read my posts carefully.
Apology accepted.
Have a nice day.
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Well, I DID read your posts carefully and, yes, you were essentially defending the shooting.
You started in your post 35 where you described the deceased as an “enraged doofus” who you wouldn’t bet your life was unarmed.
You continued with post 36 where you asked if you had to wait until your head was being smashed on the ground (reference to the Zimmerman case?) before defending yourself with a firearm.
Upon being informed that the autopsy showed that none of the three shots the deceased had suffered was at “close range”, you came back and defined 21 feet as a “not closer than” range for engaging a target or it could be too late.
So yes, you can try to say you were not defending this likely unjustified killing of an unarmed man at a distance (by a likely enraged person likely not temperamentally suited to be carrying a firearm let alone being a law enforcement officer), but it’s clear that you were. If you are ashamed of defending the killer at this point, then perhaps you should delete your posts.
And, by the way, no apology was offered to you by me, so I’m not sure whose apology you were accepting. If you have a concealed carry permit, or if you carry open, I strongly recommend some remedial close combat firearms instruction and realistic training.