For the sake of discussion this is purely fiction. Put yourself in the place of the shooter. What would you do?
A friend, his wife, and young daughter were camping during the week at a private campground, it was only them and 1 other RV at the grounds. The friend was talking to the campground owner when a car came zooming in, she called out to slow down and he flashed his surefire at them. That seemed to be the end of it.
About an hour later back at the RV he heard someone outside calling "Hey spotlight". He stepped out to see two 30 something males aout 35 yards aways approaching him. He shined his very bright light at them told them he didn't want any trouble and just to go back the way the way they came. The kept approaching taunting him.
At this point things started to escalate, he was armed concealed and his family was in the RV behind them. He called out several times for them to stop, they didn't. When they broke the 20 yard mark he drew his gun ordered them to the ground. One of the guys said "I've ben shot before go ahead an shoot me!" and they kept approaching. His wife was inside the RV on the phone calling the sheriff. At this point he felt an imminentinet threat and was screaming at the top of his lungs to get down or he would shoot. For whatever reason even he can't explain he fired a shot into the ground to the side and a bit in fromt of himself . Not at them, clearly a warning shot. At this point they got on the ground. He told them the Sheriff was on the way and if they got up he would kill them.
Not sure how long had passed but I was under the impression it was less than a minute they both got up and went back the way they came. By the time the sheriff and HP arrived they were gone. I suspect once they heard the sheriff was on the way they wanted out of there.
They showed no weapons or implied they had any. However, aggressive stance and unwillingness to retreat caused fear of at least great bodily harm. Shooting these guys was the last thing he wanted to do and he never thought he would fire a warning shot if put in the situation of having to draw his weapon, but that is what happened. In this case it worked.
The police took a report, the deputy was the lead and came back the next day wanting pictures of the gun and was talking about confiscating it. The Sheriff (his boss) asked why he didn't arrest the shooter, for what wasn't quite clear. The Deputy and I suppose the Sheriff thought the shot was fired AT them. In the end no charges were filed and the guys never surfaced.
A friend, his wife, and young daughter were camping during the week at a private campground, it was only them and 1 other RV at the grounds. The friend was talking to the campground owner when a car came zooming in, she called out to slow down and he flashed his surefire at them. That seemed to be the end of it.
About an hour later back at the RV he heard someone outside calling "Hey spotlight". He stepped out to see two 30 something males aout 35 yards aways approaching him. He shined his very bright light at them told them he didn't want any trouble and just to go back the way the way they came. The kept approaching taunting him.
At this point things started to escalate, he was armed concealed and his family was in the RV behind them. He called out several times for them to stop, they didn't. When they broke the 20 yard mark he drew his gun ordered them to the ground. One of the guys said "I've ben shot before go ahead an shoot me!" and they kept approaching. His wife was inside the RV on the phone calling the sheriff. At this point he felt an imminentinet threat and was screaming at the top of his lungs to get down or he would shoot. For whatever reason even he can't explain he fired a shot into the ground to the side and a bit in fromt of himself . Not at them, clearly a warning shot. At this point they got on the ground. He told them the Sheriff was on the way and if they got up he would kill them.
Not sure how long had passed but I was under the impression it was less than a minute they both got up and went back the way they came. By the time the sheriff and HP arrived they were gone. I suspect once they heard the sheriff was on the way they wanted out of there.
They showed no weapons or implied they had any. However, aggressive stance and unwillingness to retreat caused fear of at least great bodily harm. Shooting these guys was the last thing he wanted to do and he never thought he would fire a warning shot if put in the situation of having to draw his weapon, but that is what happened. In this case it worked.
The police took a report, the deputy was the lead and came back the next day wanting pictures of the gun and was talking about confiscating it. The Sheriff (his boss) asked why he didn't arrest the shooter, for what wasn't quite clear. The Deputy and I suppose the Sheriff thought the shot was fired AT them. In the end no charges were filed and the guys never surfaced.
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