I'm in Kalifornia. I think we have to actually be shot before we can claim 'self defense'. Thank you Senators Feinstein and Boxer for making sure our convicts live a nice long life.

In our state, you may only use deadly force if you reasonably believe your life is in 'Imminent Danger'. You must also retreat if you have the opportunity. This means your intruder must actually appear to have a deadly weapon and you have nowhere to run. Simply breaking into your house does NOT justify the use of deadly force.

My late Father (a Korean War Combat Vet) gave these instructions;
1) Shoot the burglar first.
2) Fire a warning shot into the ceiling immediately after shooting the 'Perp'. Tell law enforcement the warning shot was first and the 'Perp' did not stop his advance.
3) Go into your kitchen and get the biggest knife in the drawer. Put it into the hand of the now dead 'Perp' and claim he came after you with it.
4) Hope your wife and kids still love you enough to cover your a%#.

Not sure if his advice is PC. At least I'll live long enough to continue the debate.

I like to keep my .357 mag close at hand. My 12 gauge is just too long to be creeping around with. Hollowpoints (HP) tend to expand and penetrate less. This would logically minimize the risk of an 'errant round' ending up in one of your neighbors. Not sure if this is a reasonable defense in court to the use of the HP.

Hope none of us ever has to find out what works.

 

If someone is trying to steal my family jewels, i will shoot him in his family jewels.

1) I shot to stop a threat from advancing.
2) He might survive.
3) If the poor bastard does survive he has to live the rest of his life knowing someone shot his nuts off.
4) House was protected.

Does it matter how big the gun is? go shoot your buddy in the nuts once with a .22 and see what happens. He'll probably live but be in some tremendous pain! Shoot him with a 12 ga. 3 1/2in. slug or a higher caliber rifle like a .330 Remington Ultra Mag he'll most likely die, just depends which gun is closer to me when he attacks i guess.

 

LMAO

 

One shot with my GLOCK .40 Cal in the Knee Cap will stop much forward motion!.....(LOL)....

 

For me self defense is "shoot to kill!" I would rather not have some guy in court claiming I shot him and he wants me to pay his medical bills for me shooting him. If someone breaks into my house and they put me or my family in immediate danger before the cops get there, they will be going 6 ft under.

 

This coming from a guy who lives in Atlanta?!?!? Which, outside of Detroit, LA and DC is the hood of all hoods. I would love to see you wake up out of a dead sleep and kick someones ***. Hell, at my age, it's all I can do do wake up and make it to the toilet without pissing on the dog!!

 

Not here in TEXAS.

As far as caliber. True story. I had a patient back in March, he was involved in a gun fight with another guy. My pt used a .357 the other guy had a .22. My pt was waiting in the ER with 3 gunshot wounds from the .22 and stable, the other guy (recipient of the .357 rounds) was rushed to surgery (I never heard if he made it).

Craig

 

lol i always thought a .22 would just **** someone off unless it was a headshot.

 

Same for Oklahoma. Here, "Castle Doctrine" is also known as the "make my day" law.

Grim

 

22 to the head don't help much.
It can screw a knee up bad.
There is a guy in my town that tried to kill himself with a 22 revolver, he is alive. He now only has peripheral vision

Stealth:
Guess which word I looked up the speeeeling for