Comment I saw on Home Invasion Article...Your thoughts?

[ROGER4314]

I use the wet pants theory of self defense. If you aren't peeing your pants with fear over a threat to your life or the life of someone you know right here and right now, there is no justification for shooting. If there is a wet spot on your drawers, keep shooting until the threat is neutralized. The shot placement is irrelevant.

Flash

 

[Nasa]

I agree with what so many others have already said.

In close quarters, a shotgun blast to the mid-section is mostly lethal. A bullet may or may not be lethal.

Never shoot to wound!

Even non-lethal rounds can kill.

Don't point a gun unless you are willing to pull the trigger.

Don't pull the trigger unless you plan on killing something, whether it be a two legged, four legged or slithering on the ground varmint, game or some targets.

An unloaded firearm is useless.

Treat every firearm as if it is loaded.

If they are really worth shooting, they are really worth killing!

If you have kids, teach them firearm safety at an early age.

Keep your firearms clean and lubricated.

Practice.

That's all I have to say.

 

[hkusp1]

8 rnds of 00 buckshot there wouldn't be much left but the head.

 

[SIG_Fiend]

Hell, I'll use grenades, an RPG or even a pocket nuke if I can find one to atomize whatever intruder is in my house. The least of my worries will be if I was "too aggressive" in stopping the threat...

I only hope the clean-up crew is able to scrape all the brain remnants off the walls, as otherwise it will only give my wife yet another reason to paint them (again)!

Cheers! M2

I wanna be on your team!

 

[TxBigfoot]

I thought we (Texans) were protected from lawsuits and criminal charges with the new castle doctrine, am I missing something?

 

[Texas1911]

I thought we (Texans) were protected from lawsuits and criminal charges with the new castle doctrine, am I missing something?

Civil suits, if you are no billed. The ride to a no bill is not cheap.

 

[Texas1911]

I'm shooting until the threat goes away ... if that takes 5 rounds to the forehead with a 6" AOW 12-Gauge then so be it.

In that situation the law does not factor into my mind. It's a life or death moment ... I could care less about sitting in a jail cell, because if I do not act and act aggressively with the utmost violence in my actions then I, or someone I care about, may not survive to sit in that cell. I'm taking head shots, hell I'll blow your genitalia off and turn you into a Ken doll if presented the chance, I will take anything that presents itself and I will win because anything else is unacceptable.

 

[M. Sage]

Sounds like an instructor that is teaching via magazine articles he read.

+1. Someone get that instructor a big cup of STFU.

Does it seem like gun instructors in general are real hit or miss?

 

[Texan2]

+1. Someone get that instructor a big cup of STFU.

Does it seem like gun instructors in general are real hit or miss?

Very much so.

 

[M. Sage]

Very much so.

And some of them are extremely successful and well-known. One of the bigger "schools" is teaching people to unload their firearms in an unsafe way.

 

[Vaquero]

PC self defense will get your ass kicked or killed.

 

[M. Sage]

PC self defense will get your ass kicked or killed.

That's sig line-worthy.

 

[Bithabus]

If you "shoot to stop" then you were not in immediate fear for your life IMO. The bigger issue is the idiot DA ya'll have - it's time that some serious funding be given a decent candidate to defeat the idjit. But if you bring ME someone saying that they shot to stop, I'm gonna be thinkin' that they weren't all THAT afraid.

Being afraid is absolutely irrelevant and has nothing to do with the justification.

 

[Bithabus]

In Austin, if the only hole in a BG is the in the middle of their head, the shooter will
Probably be on trial for homicide.

Do you have any evidence to support this claim?

 

[TexasRedneck]

Being afraid is absolutely irrelevant and has nothing to do with the justification.

I think you know full well what I mean.

 

[lalonguecarabine]

This is a completely irrelevant argument to me.
We're getting into each individual shooters personal defense philosophy. Might as well be discussing religion and politics!

My personal opinion: If you have to shoot, shoot 'em where you can hit 'em! Doesn't matter if it's a head shot or not. Your objective if you have to start pulling the trigger is to eliminate whatever threat has presented itself to you. PERIOD!

Other people seem to have all different ideas, right or wrong.

 

[Bithabus]

I think you know full well what I mean.

This is your comment:

If you "shoot to stop" then you were not in immediate fear for your life IMO. The bigger issue is the idiot DA ya'll have - it's time that some serious funding be given a decent candidate to defeat the idjit. But if you bring ME someone saying that they shot to stop, I'm gonna be thinkin' that they weren't all THAT afraid.

Being in "immediate fear of your life" is irrelevant. Whether the Grand Jury thinks you were in "immediate fear of your life" is irrelevant. Fear has nothing to do with the justification.

 

[TexasRedneck]

This is your comment:



Being in "immediate fear of your life" is irrelevant. Whether the Grand Jury thinks you were in "immediate fear of your life" is irrelevant. Fear has nothing to do with the justification.

I always love it when someone wants to split hairs on stuff like this. Go ahead and argue w/yourself....as I said, you know what I mean - I've made that decision in the past, and frankly I'm not inclined to put up w/a bunch of BS from theorists. Have a good day.

 

[Bithabus]

I always love it when someone wants to split hairs on stuff like this. Go ahead and argue w/yourself....as I said, you know what I mean - I've made that decision in the past, and frankly I'm not inclined to put up w/a bunch of BS from theorists. Have a good day.

I am not arguing, I am addressing a common misconception. I hear people say this all the time and it bugs me.

 

[TexasRedneck]

I am not arguing, I am addressing a common misconception. I hear people say this all the time and it bugs me.

Frankly, your oblique comments just piss me off. If you have an opposing viewpoint, or preferred phraseology that'll get you off your high horse and snide cracks, then just freakin' say it. Crap - I'm tired of your ongoin' attempts at mind games and "guess what I mean" shit, dude.