[WTFOVR]

If he’d been carrying a 45 - one shot to the head would have been sufficient to end the confrontation. If you are going to carry a firearm, then make sure it’s of a “one-shot-drop” caliber.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

The victim wasn’t out on a summer night to shoot someone.

When confronted, he saved his life as well as the woman he had just met at a blue moon observation point.

He reacted. He stopped the threat. He rendered aid.

He followed the law.

I cannot imagine what it would be to take a life, no matter the circumstances.

[octex]

If he’d been carrying a 45 - one shot to the head would have been sufficient to end the confrontation. If you are going to carry a firearm, then make sure it’s of a “one-shot-drop” caliber.
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You shoot for body mass, not little targets like heads, until threat is gone.

[Jim from C-Town]

I prefer a fully loaded .360. It is a short 9mm and has less stopping power, however it is significantly lighter, easier to handle and much more likely to be carried due to its’ small size and light weight.

A forty-five is great, but hard as hell to put in the front pocket of your shorts or even in the waistband of your pants. It almost has to be carried as a shoulder holster weapon and that means at the very least a light jacket and an uncomfortable day.

Besides any gun would have sent this idiot down as he was obviously untrained and unaccustomed to proper handling of weapons.

BTW: it is harsh, but he is of no great loss to anyone, particularly the greater society of St. Paul.