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Re: Too good at shooting, the court will convict you?
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 9:20 am
by winters
Most police are not what i would call an expert shot. You do see them getting convicted all the time for supposedly having a lot of training.
Re: Too good at shooting, the court will convict you?
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 4:33 pm
by wiz1997
Wouldn't someone capable of making a smaller target, leg or arm shot, rather than someone making a center mass, much larger target, be considered a better marksman?
I would think so.
Just my opinion.
Re: Too good at shooting, the court will convict you?
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 6:18 pm
by Distinguished Rick
wiz1997 wrote:Wouldn't someone capable of making a smaller target, leg or arm shot, rather than someone making a center mass, much larger target, be considered a better marksman?
I would think so.
Just my opinion.
And when you just wound him and he still has fight left in him then what? Keep shooting till he looks like the knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail? "It's just a flesh wound!"
Re: Too good at shooting, the court will convict you?
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 6:23 pm
by twomillenium
wiz1997 wrote:Wouldn't someone capable of making a smaller target, leg or arm shot, rather than someone making a center mass, much larger target, be considered a better marksman?
I would think so.
Just my opinion.
Could be considered a miss.
Re: Too good at shooting, the court will convict you?
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:20 pm
by WildBill
wiz1997 wrote:Wouldn't someone capable of making a smaller target, leg or arm shot, rather than someone making a center mass, much larger target, be considered a better marksman?
I would think so.
Just my opinion.
Shooting in a self defense situation is not a demonstration of marksmanship.
It is about stopping the threat.
Just my opinion.
Re: Too good at shooting, the court will convict you?
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:26 pm
by WildBill
The whole premise of being "too good at shooting" is ludicrous.
Can you imagining testifying in court that you didn't practice shooting your firearm because you didn't want to be "too good"?
Re: Too good at shooting, the court will convict you?
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 7:42 pm
by Right2Carry
Sorry but I have to agree that this is ludicrous! If I have to defend myself and family I want to make sure the bullets go into the intended target and not some bystander, that is why I practice. If the military, police, FBI, border patrol, DPS, etc all practice then why shouldn't citizens who own firearms? I don't see anyone being convicted because they were a good shoot but the reverse might happen.
Re: Too good at shooting, the court will convict you?
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 8:38 pm
by mr surveyor
I would be tempted to ask the FB genius mentioned in the OP if in his previous life, was he Navy Seal or Airborne Ranger .... or maybe CIA Op. He was obviously one of those legends.
jd
Re: Too good at shooting, the court will convict you?
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 8:46 pm
by John Galt
Right2Carry wrote:Sorry but I have to agree that this is ludicrous! If I have to defend myself and family I want to make sure the bullets go into the intended target and not some bystander, that is why I practice. If the military, police, FBI, border patrol, DPS, etc all practice then why shouldn't citizens who own firearms? I don't see anyone being convicted because they were a good shoot but the reverse might happen.
My thought exactly.