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<blockquote data-quote="hrdware" data-source="post: 2699169" data-attributes="member: 24475"><p>I'm not sure I would count on the establishments insurance covering anything.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As the business has no liability, good luck getting their insurance to pay for your medical treatment.</p><p></p><p>It is possible that someone or group of someone would cover the medical expense of an accidentally injured person, but if you are the good guy with a gun, how willing are would you be to take that chance with a shot that you may or may not make? </p><p></p><p>Imagine this scenario. You walk into a convenience store to buy a soda and you walk in on a robbery. As you come through the door, I fire once at the robber, miss and give you a nonlethal wound. My second shot removes the threat of the robber harming anyone else. You have no connection to anyone in the store. Are you willing to forgive the wound and not expect someone else to pay for it?</p><p>What if the wound is life threatening?</p><p></p><p>That is one question we as carriers have to ask ourselves. How much liability are we willing to risk if we take action and we miss our target for whatever reason. Maybe the person I accidentally shoot isn't as understanding and forgiving as CHenry. Maybe the person I strike is willing to take advantage of any situation as much as they can. </p><p></p><p>No matter if you open carry or conceal carry, you have to know how much you are willing to risk (going both ways) in order to take action. Are you willing to risk the financial stability of your family in case a bystander sues you because you missed? Are you willing to risk having to live with the death of another person because you did nothing? Somewhere between financial ruin and the death of others is a line and each one of us has to decide where that line is for ourselves. </p><p></p><p>There are some that would wait until the robber was pointing the gun at them before they would act, even though 3 others are dead. Other people would act after the first person is shot. Still others would act as soon as the robber presented the firearm. It all depends on when you feel threatened, and where you have placed your own personal risk line.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hrdware, post: 2699169, member: 24475"] I'm not sure I would count on the establishments insurance covering anything. As the business has no liability, good luck getting their insurance to pay for your medical treatment. It is possible that someone or group of someone would cover the medical expense of an accidentally injured person, but if you are the good guy with a gun, how willing are would you be to take that chance with a shot that you may or may not make? Imagine this scenario. You walk into a convenience store to buy a soda and you walk in on a robbery. As you come through the door, I fire once at the robber, miss and give you a nonlethal wound. My second shot removes the threat of the robber harming anyone else. You have no connection to anyone in the store. Are you willing to forgive the wound and not expect someone else to pay for it? What if the wound is life threatening? That is one question we as carriers have to ask ourselves. How much liability are we willing to risk if we take action and we miss our target for whatever reason. Maybe the person I accidentally shoot isn't as understanding and forgiving as CHenry. Maybe the person I strike is willing to take advantage of any situation as much as they can. No matter if you open carry or conceal carry, you have to know how much you are willing to risk (going both ways) in order to take action. Are you willing to risk the financial stability of your family in case a bystander sues you because you missed? Are you willing to risk having to live with the death of another person because you did nothing? Somewhere between financial ruin and the death of others is a line and each one of us has to decide where that line is for ourselves. There are some that would wait until the robber was pointing the gun at them before they would act, even though 3 others are dead. Other people would act after the first person is shot. Still others would act as soon as the robber presented the firearm. It all depends on when you feel threatened, and where you have placed your own personal risk line. [/QUOTE]
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