Would you have shot her?

Well would you?

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David said:
You do know that if you fire a bullet in the air, it does come down right? Your taking a chance of shooting someone you have no intention of harming. If your ever in a spot like that remember one thing please. Shoot in the dirt, real thick tree or something less likely to couse a richet ( cant spell the word lol) bounce off of.
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I've never fired a gun...
If you shoot into the air at what speed does the bullet come back down?
I wouldn't imagine it would be fast enough to hurt anyone?
 
This is one of the reasons why I need to hit the lotto. Official spell/ make point clear checker.
Dr D Wayne Love said:
I've never fired a gun...
If you shoot into the air at what speed does the bullet come back down?
I wouldn't imagine it would be fast enough to hurt anyone?
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depends on the distance that it travels up.
 
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David said:
That was the point, for me at least. What if she was just saying it. I knew I would hesitate.

Her just saying those words.

It made me think about it, more than huh one less methhead to worry about. For me it was a sign that I wasn't as harsh as I though I was.

Checked my first post I did put that in there.
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That's exactly what I was thinking. The LBC is full of tweakers. Meth was the first thing that popped up in my head after seeing two mugshots of a Caucasian Male and a Caucasian Female. Not being racist here as I am White myself. I see a lot of these types here in SoCal.
 
DarkPassenger said:
That's exactly what I was thinking. The LBC is full of tweakers. Meth was the first thing that popped up in my head after seeing two mugshots of a Caucasian Male and a Caucasian Female. Not being racist here as I am White myself. I see a lot of these types here in SoCal.
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It's not rascist you hear meth you think white people if I said crack you'd think black people.
It's just what's ingrained in us by media personal life , an other things.
I'd take a crackhead over a methhead as a neighbor anytime. Crackheads at least go to bed.
Also can't tell if your being sarcastic. Meth has destroyed my entire county. Business men/women, lawyers, flat out mooches, every ring of our city has had it's moment.
 
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DarkPassenger said:
That's exactly what I was thinking. The LBC is full of tweakers. Meth was the first thing that popped up in my head after seeing two mugshots of a Caucasian Male and a Caucasian Female. Not being racist here as I am White myself. I see a lot of these types here in SoCal.
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Damn Chalkies!
 
I don't know if I would have shot her.

I mean I will never own a firearm and I've never touched one and have no desire to so no I wouldn't have shot her in that case.

But if I'd been robbed and assaulted by those robbers and I DID happen to have a gun would I have shot them in the back as they're running away?

Hmmmm, maybe. I'd be f***ing angry and want to hurt them, I'd want them dead for what they did to me, not gonna lie about that.

Thing is though, you might be in serious s*** afterwards shooting someone in the back. The "right" thing to do would be to fire in the air and tell them to stop or you'll shoot to kill and hope that stops them long enough for the cops to show up.

I'm sure it's impossible to really know what any of us would do if this situation actually happened to us.
 
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Having recently had to scare someone off about a week ago who tried to break into my house in the middle of the night, I can say that's it's hard to think in these situations. You don't have time to address the situation. You are probably nervous and shaking. You may be disoriented or tired as well.

I heard a sound at 2AM, I went downstairs to see what it was. Someone was trying to take apart the window and get in. I didn't see him very well because he ran off when I shouted at him. Honestly, I haven't slept well since. I'm still jumpy if I hear any sounds, and I was already jumpy to being with. I hate hearing sounds at night.

I don't have a gun. I'm not sure if I want one either. I like to keep a knife or some kind of tool for defense handy, though I have never picked one up because I heard something.

I don't know what I would have done in this situation. Not being much of a gun person has an effect on that, but rest assured that if I got into a fight, I would fight hard. I've never been in a fight because I'm not someone people mess with. I'm in good shape and frequently get comments about looking "big" or "buff" or whatnot, so I've never had to worry about anyone messing with me. I have an extremely short temper though. I frequently smash things. Hell, I've broken my fair share of computer mice and game controllers. If someone made me mad enough, I would probably do about anything.

The problem with these types of situations is that you do not get to be your normal, rational self. Sitting here in safety and saying what you would do in a dangerous or scary situation is just not how it goes.

I don't think the guy should be at fault for anything. If you don't want to get shot, don't break into people's houses. Not everything goes how we want. We can't get a redo. If people put you in a situation like this where you are in fear for your life, you should not be responsible for your actions in this state. It can take a few minutes to return to a normal state of mind, and you may feel shaky or disoriented for the next few hours even.
 
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I don't think I would have shot her at all.

But if I had made my mind up to shoot her, for whatever reason, pregnancy wouldn't affect my decision.

A good person will sometimes do bad things, so I can't say with absolute certainty she was a total deadbeat simply because she was a burglar, but I will say that MOST of the time, burglars wouldn't be model parents or good influences on a child. Likely she would have ruined the child's chances at life.
 
Godsmack said:
Having recently had to scare someone off about a week ago who tried to break into my house in the middle of the night, I can say that's it's hard to think in these situations. You don't have time to address the situation. You are probably nervous and shaking. You may be disoriented or tired as well.

I heard a sound at 2AM, I went downstairs to see what it was. Someone was trying to take apart the window and get in. I didn't see him very well because he ran off when I shouted at him. Honestly, I haven't slept well since. I'm still jumpy if I hear any sounds, and I was already jumpy to being with. I hate hearing sounds at night.

I don't have a gun. I'm not sure if I want one either. I like to keep a knife or some kind of tool for defense handy, though I have never picked one up because I heard something.

I don't know what I would have done in this situation. Not being much of a gun person has an effect on that, but rest assured that if I got into a fight, I would fight hard. I've never been in a fight because I'm not someone people mess with. I'm in good shape and frequently get comments about looking "big" or "buff" or whatnot, so I've never had to worry about anyone messing with me. I have an extremely short temper though. I frequently smash things. Hell, I've broken my fair share of computer mice and game controllers. If someone made me mad enough, I would probably do about anything.

The problem with these types of situations is that you do not get to be your normal, rational self. Sitting here in safety and saying what you would do in a dangerous or scary situation is just not how it goes.

I don't think the guy should be at fault for anything. If you don't want to get shot, don't break into people's houses. Not everything goes how we want. We can't get a redo. If people put you in a situation like this where you are in fear for your life, you should not be responsible for your actions in this state. It can take a few minutes to return to a normal state of mind, and you may feel shaky or disoriented for the next few hours even.
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Nice post.

However, for me, living in this f***ed up country. It matters little what I would do or not do. I would simply have to temper myself and simply try to subdue with as little force as possible, or face the farcical judicial system we have here that would much rather incarcerate/punish the victim for protecting themselves, their property, or loved ones, than the actual scum-bag breaking the law. I mean when you tell your citizens that you can "Use the amount of force you deem necessary" then sit and judge and second guess from the comfort of your high and mighty throne, it does not give you much room to protect yourself.
 
I don't own a firearm. But yeah, i probably would have shot her. You don't break into someone's home and not expect to get what's coming to you. I don't care who you are. Pregnant or not. Someone breaks into my house with the intent of robbing me and harming my family i'm going to take action.
 
Hard to say, not sure if I'll ever own a firearm, but it really depends on the situation you're in. If they're coming directly at me, then yeah. I don't think I'd give chase though, unless they had a friend or relative, like a kidnapping situation. Giving chase is a whole other situation and something that usually isn't best fit for citizens though in my opinion. The shooter shouldn't face any kind of criminal charges, but a small fine would be in order when you take into account that he continued to give chase outside of his home. Regardless of whether she was pregnant or not, these were unarmed fleeing criminals. At that moment he had the power of life and death and chose to kill the criminals.
 
I mean the guy must have been a decent marksman if he managed to shoot her twice while running away. He could have atleast disabled her(leg, shoulder) but yeah this guy lost his cause the mintue he went batman on them. If she was shot inside during the robbery then thats fine but off his property? and after she said "dont shoot". Thats straight up execution right there, no if and or buts. And its a little irresonsible too, he could accidently shot a bystander (if he would've missed) or a neighbor by going on his vendetta outside in the public space.
 
REDSILENTSCOPE said:
... but yeah this guy lost his cause the mintue he went batman on them. ...
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ahhh hello...
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I wouldn't have thought twice about it. That's not an uncommon excuse for women to use when caught red handed in criminal activity. Sometimes it's legit, but at the end of the day I value mine and my family's life over hers.
 
Sitting here all cool and collected in my chair on this side of the internets I don't think I would have shot the fleeing woman.

Now if I had just been forced into a hostile situation by criminals who had both beaten me and broken my collar bone via a Bodyslam and had all the adrenaline rushing through me and been in fight or flight mode and not been trained to handle those emotions like Police I might have shot her.
I might have thought to myself end this now or they might come back for a fith time .
 
I don't think you can justifiably claim self defence when someone is running away from you because you're holding a gun and they don't have one. The idea is absurd.

What he's done is called dealing out some rough justice, or seeking revenge for damage done to himself and his property.

I wouldn't shoot someone who was running away. In this country, there's no doubt you'd go down for murder/manslaughter.

Not that I'm saying I disagree with this dude pumping a couple of rounds into a scumbag burglar..but it's not self defence.
 
I would of.. If that robbery didn't end in someone getting hurt badly or dieing and they escaped. they're next robbery could of resulted in much worse. f***'em.. Did us all a favor
 
I hope i would not have fired. do i blame him for what he did? yes the second you shoot someone in the back i no longer support your actions. Unless she was running and shooting, this just doesn't sit well with me. The second shot while she was on the ground killed it for me, no coming back from that one.

and for those in the gun world who are familiar with the whole 9/40/45/10mm war, he did it with a 22lr. shot placement is everything.

Now; do i understand him shooting? hell yes! this wasn't the first time and they had beat that old man silly. Also by that age who cares if you are sentenced to some jail time, he's on his way out anyway. don't feel one biot sorry for the bad guys, they caused their own problems.....
 
Honestly, I would've dated her, married her, have some kids, and on our 25th anniversary, I'd cheat on her. Revenge is a dish best served on a strange woman's belly.
 
sharkboy1200 said:
Honestly, I would've dated her, married her, have some kids, and on our 25th anniversary, I'd cheat on her. Revenge is a dish best served on a strange woman's belly.
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I would have just taken her out for a nice steak dinner and then never call her again.
 
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