YOU'RE high strung? Really? HUH!




chaikwa.

 

try to remove the legal fears. focus more on the protection aspect and know how and why to use what your keep in your house (shotgun, .22 rifle, handgun, etc.)

85% of intruders are looking for a quick money grab. (5% on drugs and do not register fear)

of those, 40% are opportunists. sensible reaction causes them to fear for their life. more fear if opposite races.

keep your bushes trimmed down from windows, entrances or make them the thorny kind.
well lit areas, motion lights, dogs number 1 alarm system.

every bad guy fears a well armed, calm home owner.... do not think about 'killing'; think about keeping them gone.

30 years of listening to bad guys complain about crimes gone wrong, LOL!

 

First of all I am assuming that everyone that lives in my house is at home.
If it were someone that I knew, they would respond when I asked something like "Who is there?" or "Who are you?"
If no response, I would then pump the first shell into the chamber of the shot gun because most people know what a shotgun pump sounds like and will understand they are about to be shot "Graveyard dead" if they proceed.

I am not going to just start shooting without some kind of "Investigation"
I guess you misunderstood where I was going in my thread.

Target identification is critical!
True, but I am not the one going into a building unfamiliar to me with a weapon drawn and ready to shoot at an unknown target. I am in my own home where everybody that is supposed to be there, is there.

 

Oh, stop it......

 

Thats the rub.. assumptions are generally wrong

Read Riflemans post..... everyone was supposed to be there right?.... ya never realy know ...

 

I see nothing wrong with that type of gun control

 

So what you are telling me is that if your child, for example, was coming in late (unexpectedly) and you yelled out something like "Who is there?" your child would remain silent???

My daughter would NOT be silent. She will also know without a doubt that I will have a gun ready to protect my family and will speak up. Hell, she will more than likely also have her concealed carry permit!

 

You don't "shoot to kill", you "eliminate the threat". I won't shoot for a limb, center of mass and with a 45 Hornady TAP, threat eliminated. I wish you could send this to all the crooks out there, let them know we've had enough.

 

Look guy in your first post you stated you'd " rather shoot to kill" than to determine if it were and actaul threat or not.... if thats not what you meant to say, be more careful in your wording..because you said youd rather shoot than find out...

The other thing alot of people dont realize is that in the wake of a shooting incident , things such as what you wrote on a webpage or thoughtless statements made to your buddies can and usualy ARE brought up in court, and can bite ya in the keester...

 

No need to get uptight. I am just explaining what I would do. I did not go into a lot of detail in my first post but the comments that followed got me to just give more detail. It is obvious from the posts here that all people are raised differently. And luckily here in Texas it is a very lenient state that protects the home owner in most all cases as long as the owner has a good clean background which I do and intend to keep. I would have no problem killing to protect my family and going to court to if needed.

 

No one should ever enter into a confrontation or allow an intruder to confront them unless there is a round in the chamber. It takes less time for an attacker to cover 15 feet of your hallway than for you to chamber a round and bring your weapon into the "ready" position- especially if you're not entering the situation with the right mindset, which is to defend your and your family's lives at all costs.

Full magazine, round chambered, safety off, finger outside the guard, and with the best tactical flashlight you can find to illuminate the intruder. Remember, the guy kicking in your door or jimmying your window is coming into the situation prepared and with his own mindset. He's not delivering girlscout cookies. Be ready to meet him. You know your house and he doesn't- use doorframes, corners, walls and other cover to your advantage. Above all, identify your target as an actual threat before engaging. You don't want to shoot your drunk neighbor, you kid or one of their friends.

 

Hehehe, my Springfield has no safety switch.

 

I emphatically agree with you guys. One bit of info I would like to add. In my state anything more than one shot is interpreted as premeditated. Frontal body shot only, and the perp has to be armed and inside of your home. So if all this criteria is met then make your one shot count, if you miss pass the weapon off to you wife, she can blast away indiscriminately.

Dam liberals.

 

But if there's no witnesses and no body...

 

In my state, If they are dead in YOUR house and you are sticking with the story that you were in fear for your life. then your actions were justified. Oklahoma has two laws known as the Castle doctrine and the stand your ground law. You dont have to attempt to flee, and your allowed to use any force necessary to remain safe in any location your allowed to legally be armed.