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debaser · 04-23-2007, 01:15 PM

will

I hope I don't come off cold blooded saying this, but every time you shoot a firearm at a person you should aim center mass. This is for several reasons:

1. It is much easier to hit. Gunfights are high stress situations, and your shot placement rarely achieves parity with what you can do on a target range.

2. If you are shooting at a person, you have decided to use deadly force. The fact that you are shooting a gun implies that you need to incapacitate the target as quickly as possible, the most reliable way to accomplish this is center mass shots to the torso (the head is too hard to hit in a fluid situation).

3. Legaly you are much more justified in shooting a person in the chest, regardless if you kill him or not, than you are trying to "shoot the gun out of his hand", or shoot him in the leg. Once you discharge your weapon you have applied dealy force, whether you hit him or not. That is the standard you will be judged on.

The real trick is you never want to fire a gun in this situation, period. But once a person has forced you to the point where there is no other option you go with training and neccessity.

Deltona Couple, my condolences and appreciation for your story.

04-23-2007, 01:15 PM	#347 (permalink)
debaser Sir, I have a plan... Location: 38S NC20943324	will I hope I don't come off cold blooded saying this, but every time you shoot a firearm at a person you should aim center mass. This is for several reasons: 1. It is much easier to hit. Gunfights are high stress situations, and your shot placement rarely achieves parity with what you can do on a target range. 2. If you are shooting at a person, you have decided to use deadly force. The fact that you are shooting a gun implies that you need to incapacitate the target as quickly as possible, the most reliable way to accomplish this is center mass shots to the torso (the head is too hard to hit in a fluid situation). 3. Legaly you are much more justified in shooting a person in the chest, regardless if you kill him or not, than you are trying to "shoot the gun out of his hand", or shoot him in the leg. Once you discharge your weapon you have applied dealy force, whether you hit him or not. That is the standard you will be judged on. The real trick is you never want to fire a gun in this situation, period. But once a person has forced you to the point where there is no other option you go with training and neccessity. Deltona Couple, my condolences and appreciation for your story. __________________ Fortunato became immured to the sound of the trowel after a while.