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lovmuffin -> RE: "Stand Your Ground" law under attack.... (5/10/2012 7:40:11 PM)
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ORIGINAL: lovmuffin
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ORIGINAL: BamaD
I agree if I have to pull it I will kill the person I pull it on.
If I thought it prudent to pull out my weapon I would still try to avoid shooting it if at all possible and hope I might scare the bad guys away. Don't get me wrong. I would follow through if necessary but I would rather not answer a bunch of questions from the police and I don't want to be the next Zimmerman.
I see your point but I was taught not to pull to intimidate aas this could push things over the edge, not to pull unless you need to use it. That said I once had a man come into my yard at 11:30 at night who not only did not identify himself but when I challenged him he pulled something dark and shiny out of his hip pocket. As the muzzle of my handgun cleared my belt I identified the keypad on his cell phone. He never knew he was within one second of eternity. (he was a known con man who was in jail three months later after one of his freinds/victims ran him down
with their caddy
LOL......but once you've shot somebody, haven't things gone over the edge already anyway ? I think if I ever did have to pull I would be within a few seconds or less from sending one out-a-the tube.
One time I was driving a rented mini van (a white Chevy Venture I think) about 6 years ago here in Florida. It was 3 am and I was out getting an ice cream fix. Going home I pulled out of the 7-11 into a left turn lane to wait for the light to make a u-turn and a white compact 2 door stopped at the light in the right hand turn lane with 2 lanes between us. When I looked over there was this white guy, window rolled down, his elbow on the window sill just staring at me. He looked like a teenaged version of Pugsley from the Adams Family. He wouldn't stop staring and the next thing ya know a black guy gets out the passenger side who I had noticed was in the car while Pugsley was starin me down and then another black guy gets out from the back seat who I hadn't noticed. The first guy to get out walked around the front of the car towards mine as the 2nd guy started around the back. I knew at that point I was about to get jacked, or so they thought I'm sure. My first reaction was to run the light and make that u-turn, but just as I started out into the intersection a semi truck came from the other way from over the hill I was facing and running the light wasn't an option. Just as I was reaching for my .357 in the glove box the 2 black guys went back and hopped into their car. I doubt if it was because I was reaching that they thought better of it but who knows. I think it's because of the truck and then some other cars coming from behind. I'm 100% sure though I was about to get my vehicle jacked. If they had continued towards my vehicle I would have hopped out with my magnum pointing down their throats but I wouldn't have just started shooting or at least not for a split second or 2.
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