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Originally Posted by ametc
As for carrying guns around in public.. I don't see any need for doing that nowadays in the US. But, in some neighborhoods and towns.. it may still be neededto help keep their property and family safe. People who own a gun for safety must be taught not to try to kill a person with it as a defense.. but instead aim somewhere where it'd just injure the criminal enough to stop them long enough for the paramedics and police to arrive.
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I don't know if you have any training in self defense with a pistol but you are never taught to "aim somewhere just to maim the criminal." Even cops don't do that. What happens when you miss or you have an injured and really angry criminal on your hands? Aim for the largest mass! I would never aim for someone's leg or arm and hope for the best. When you're in that situation, you just don't take that chance.
That said, there's a big difference between one or two shots and emptying your magazine into someone.