More House Gun Talk
I’ll carry the revolver loaded with one round of shot for *two* reasons. 1. It’s a critter that has gotten inside. 2. It’s a kid. Yes, I know that the feral little savages may be packing and may happily shoot me for a thrill. They could also just be stupid punks. If they’re being stupid, they get a “whiff of grape” so to speak, and the chance to leave, and live. If they don’t surrender, or run, but come forward after that, or reach for anything, then the Tokarev will speak.
February 24th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
I disagree with that philosophy. Sounds an awful lot like shooting to wound, or firing a warning shot. Its hard to argue that you were afraid for your life when you calculatedly use less than lethal force.
February 24th, 2006 at 4:23 pm
Sounds like an overly thought-out gimmick to me. Nothing personal to that feller, but whiff of the grape sounds a little too romantic and nostalgic to be taken seriously in a self-defense situation.
February 24th, 2006 at 11:06 pm
There’s no legal justification for shooting somebody “just a little bit”.
Either you can articulate a good reason for smoking them, or you don’t point a gun at them.
February 24th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
Ditto the first three.
Not to be totally crass but if the intruder is dead then the police have only your word as to what happened. In todays litigious society if you just wound someone you WILL be sued and depending on the jury makeup you might lose. I know how bad this sounds and I hesitate to even put it in writing but I believe it.
February 24th, 2006 at 11:39 pm
Couldn’t do that in Jersey….
If you don’t kill the sucker he’ll own your home and you’ll be in Trenton State doing the time he should be doing.