Phaedrus/69
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Wow, pretty bad one! A man in North Carolina was killed while attempting to stop a carjacker. There's a video but I wouldn't recommending watching it if you can help it. In a nutshell, the good Samaritan drew his handgun to stop a carjacker but was ignored. The carjacker decides to take the good Samaritan's truck, and after a long delay he appears to empty his gun into the driver's side window at near-contact distance. I have no idea whether he missed with every round or maybe was using some kind of birdshot or other gimmick ammo. At any rate, the carjacker backed up to get some distance then ran the shooter down, killing him.
So many lessons, so many really mind boggling errors in judgement. The guy was obviously trying to help or do the right thing but paid with his life. Not trying to bag on a guy that already died, but I'm not sure what a "win" would have been in his mind! Had he succeeded he'd have killed an unarmed guy in his (the shooter's) own truck. And the backstop appeared to have been the Burger King across the street!
For my own part, I carry a firearm as a tool to help me save my own life, and maybe under some circumstance, the lives of other. While the law may permit it I'm not planning to shoot someone in the streets to protect property. Obviously there's no sure thing, but introducing a firearm into a crime in progress might well not go your way. I'm not advocating just allowing criminals to act with impunity but you have weigh your odds and understand that when you push all your chips into the middle of the table you may well lose that hand, and your life.
So many lessons, so many really mind boggling errors in judgement. The guy was obviously trying to help or do the right thing but paid with his life. Not trying to bag on a guy that already died, but I'm not sure what a "win" would have been in his mind! Had he succeeded he'd have killed an unarmed guy in his (the shooter's) own truck. And the backstop appeared to have been the Burger King across the street!
For my own part, I carry a firearm as a tool to help me save my own life, and maybe under some circumstance, the lives of other. While the law may permit it I'm not planning to shoot someone in the streets to protect property. Obviously there's no sure thing, but introducing a firearm into a crime in progress might well not go your way. I'm not advocating just allowing criminals to act with impunity but you have weigh your odds and understand that when you push all your chips into the middle of the table you may well lose that hand, and your life.