unfortunately in this world some people can legitimately say “i was in fear of my life” and shooting them was justified legal reasonable and understandable. I wish humans did not get to that point, but it happens. for this post I’m referring to the general public and general situations involving guns for protection.Continued from my last post, another important part of using a gun for protection is knowing the law. We all have the right to protect ourselves, but this does not mean if you “feel” threatened you can shoot someone.
Law enforcement can define what “imminent threat to life and great bodily harm” is, and they can justify actions because of professional training and experience. But the average person can’t.
If you shoot someone, weather is was lawful or not, you are going to court and they are going to ask you “why” you are going to say “i felt threatened” and they are going to ask “how” and what experience do you have that made you feel threatened to the point where you had to shoot them.
If i am justified to use my sidearm on the job as long as i acted lawfully and how i was trained i have my company to protect me, my trainers and all the people who certified the trainers who trained me. If you shoot someone and you go to court..who do you have to protect you?
know the laws: I’m not a lawyer, but i do carry a gun for protection so i know my justifications like i know my parents. I can’t speak for any other state other than Wisconsin, but are you aware that you can not shoot someone to protect your property? If someone breaks into your house and you meet them at the door and shoot them, then you can be charged with a crime. why? because that person did not pose an immediate threat to your life.
(other than a cop) you can not use deadly force for any other reason than to protect yourself from imminent threat of death or great bodily harm to you or another.
if you are home and someone breaks into your house, i would suggest grabbing your cell phone or cordless phone..get out and all 911. Do not attempt to confront that person because there is a good chance he does have a weapon and a better chance that he is more likely to use it on you.
if you want home protection I say the best thing to do is make your home an undesirable target. Guns are expensive. the average gun (new) probably costs 400.00 and pistols..even more. Take that 500-600 dollars and run to the home improvement store and you can buy a lot of home safety needs with that money.
Dogs are great to, do you like dogs? NO, not pitbulls our monster dogs, get a nice family dog, that makes a crap load of noise of disturbed or if someone comes to the door. People breaking into a house hate light, and they hate noise. It does not matter what size dog it is, if there is noise people in the area will look and are more likely to spot someone breaking into your house.
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