If I were you I would change this post. I understand where you are coming from and I would shoot the guy myself but you need to understand what you just admitted to. You just admitted to using deadly force without thinking the situation warranted it. If you say you shot to eliminate the threat and felt like you were in mortal danger then in my eyes you are justified, if he died or was just wounded. If you say you just shot to wound him then you didn't think he needed to die but you still used deadly force, this will could land you in alot of trouble. If you admit to just shooting to wound and you hit an artery and it kills him, that makes it an accident right? And you just accidently killed someone you just wanted to hurt. Again I understand why you said it, but what you admit to and tell the police can and will get you in trouble. That's why alot of people say even if you are in the right you should keep your mouth shut after being involved in a self defense shooting so you don't say too much and say it in a wrong way that it gets used against you.i think if i could get my weapon drawn and pointed at the guy and ready to shoot, i would give him a verbal warning to put the gun down and lay on the ground. any sudden movement other than that i would shoot. but then again i have 2 boys and a wife and would not want to give the guy any chance in hell of shooting me, so maybe i would say nothing and shoot him in the leg, then if he doesnt drop the gun or tries anything from there, send one to the chest. i dont know, it seems easy for people to say what they would do when they are nice and calm sitting at the computer, but in that real life scenario things may go differently when the adrenaline starts flowin, so its hard to say for sure what exactly i would do.
How about a bullet warning? Like shoot one in the ground and tell him if he moves any closer he's getting one to the hip?
If I were you I would change this post. I understand where you are coming from and I would shoot the guy myself but you need to understand what you just admitted to. You just admitted to using deadly force without thinking the situation warranted it. If you say you shot to eliminate the threat and felt like you were in mortal danger then in my eyes you are justified, if he died or was just wounded. If you say you just shot to wound him then you didn't think he needed to die but you still used deadly force, this will could land you in alot of trouble. If you admit to just shooting to wound and you hit an artery and it kills him, that makes it an accident right? And you just accidently killed someone you just wanted to hurt. Again I understand why you said it, but what you admit to and tell the police can and will get you in trouble. That's why alot of people say even if you are in the right you should keep your mouth shut after being involved in a self defense shooting so you don't say too much and say it in a wrong way that it gets used against you.
In todays society if you wounded him he would probably sue you and win.
There is never a cut and dried answer. Every scenario is different and we must each make that split second decision for ourselves. But here is what Title 21-1289.25 Section D says on the matter:
D. A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force, if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.
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