http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/...b?ocid=U142DHP
Concealed carry in action.
Good for Iowa! http://personalliberty.com/requiring...-of-infringed/Actually you are wrong. Everything is illegal, like hunting ,fishing, driving a car, getting married, fly a airplane but the government will sell you a permit to do it,,,LOL l
Requiring a concealed carry permit is the definition of ‘infringed’
Requiring a permit is essentially the government’s taking away your right and then forcing you to purchase it back. Yet Americans accept this “in the public interest.”
Governments always use altruistic code words to get the people to surrender their rights.
. Originally Posted by IIFFOFRDB
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/...b?ocid=U142DHPI saw that on the news and thought.."Damn, not sure I would have drawn and fired in that situation".
Concealed carry in action. Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn
Actually you are wrong. Everything is illegal, like hunting ,fishing, driving a car, getting married, fly a airplane but the government will sell you a permit to do it,,,LOL l Originally Posted by i'va biggenTrue.
Good for Iowa! http://personalliberty.com/requiring...-of-infringed/So by that cut and post job, you're against what Iowa is doing. Or didn't you realize that?
Requiring a concealed carry permit is the definition of ‘infringed’
Requiring a permit is essentially the government’s taking away your right and then forcing you to purchase it back. Yet Americans accept this “in the public interest.”
Governments always use altruistic code words to get the people to surrender their rights. Originally Posted by IIFFOFRDB
I saw that on the news and thought.."Damn, not sure I would have drawn and fired in that situation".I had some conversations about that but the woman was in danger (even if she put herself there) so he had a choice; shoot the criminal, shoot the engine block, or shoot the woman. I think he made the right choice. He also closed the distance to make sure he hit the target and at a downward angle (in case he missed). I think he did everything right though I don't know the exact laws in Georgia. Some states allow you to protect someone from imminent harm and not just imminent death.
First.. it was property theft, not life and death threat. Second, what was his angle? Did he really have enough clearance to shoot the suspect without endangering the lady sprawled across the hood. And what was the background? Was he shooting towards a wall or back stop.. or out towards traffic or residential areas with possible "victims" beyond the thief in the car? All of that is stuff I was trained to consider before/while drawing my sidearm. Originally Posted by RedLeg505
I saw that on the news and thought.."Damn, not sure I would have drawn and fired in that situation".Those thoughts came to my mind also, but as a non gun owner I decided to bite my tongue and not comment. Thanks for the input.
First.. it was property theft, not life and death threat. Second, what was his angle? Did he really have enough clearance to shoot the suspect without endangering the lady sprawled across the hood. And what was the background? Was he shooting towards a wall or back stop.. or out towards traffic or residential areas with possible "victims" beyond the thief in the car? All of that is stuff I was trained to consider before/while drawing my sidearm. Originally Posted by RedLeg505
But arnt you assuming he didn't take those factors into consideration. Originally Posted by dirty dogI have no idea what was going through his mind. The same concerns that Redleg05 expressed came to my mind -- could the guy have stopped the car theft without shooting the would-be car thief? Was he 100% positive that an errant shot could have endangered an innocent person? It all worked out for the better in any case.