Smart Self-Defense: Knowing When To Shoot And When Not To

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The truth is that any use of a firearm in self-defense is risky. While it does allow the use of deadly force when necessary to defend yourself or defend others, there is a huge caveat. In other words, the courts must agree that your activities were both necessary and reasonable. Otherwise, someone can still accuse you of murder.

Consider that for a moment. There’s nothing that says you’ve got a responsibility to defend society. What you do have a duty to do is defend yourself and your loved ones. So do your best to do that, not by shooting, but by getting your family out of there before the shooting starts.
There’s always a price associated with taking the life span of someone, even if the courts declare you not guilty. The human mind has a way of torturing itself for killing another. That is a far harder price to pay than the justice the courts mete out.
So, how do you avoid this type of predicament?
Are you thinking that you’re safe because you’ve got it? Do you think you can outshoot a bad guy? Are you thinking that the key to surviving a shootout is to draw fast and shoot straight? Do you anticipate the chance to prove yourself where the rubber meets the road?
The old saying is,”Do not draw your gun unless you intend to use it and don’t use it unless you’re shooting to kill.” Overall, I agree with that. However, I also agree with the statistic which says that in 70% of the instances where a hidden gun is used in self-defense, only presenting the gun is enough to cause the bad guys to flee. Give them the chance to flee before pulling on the trigger.
Needless to say, if that doesn’t work, you can always run away. If he’s really been drinking, he may be unable to keep up. There’s nothing that you can lose by running except your pride. However, you really don’t want that to survive anyway, so there should be no problem with letting it go, right?

Smart Self-Defense: Avoiding Violence

Everything you and I should be thinking is that our guns are a tool of last resort. In other words, we should try to avoid a shootout if we can. Then, if we have no choice but to use deadly force in self indulgent or in the defense of others, we will know that we did everything we could to avoid killing another person.

Smart Self-Defense: Diffusing The Situation

Typically, it’s fairly easy to diffuse such a situation by turning their negative comment back into a positive one. In the situation mentioned previously, the accusation of,”Hey, are you looking at my girl?” Is intended to get a rise out of you. Responding by saying,”Yes I am, she’s beautiful. You’re a very lucky man” is the exact opposite of what he’s expecting.

This is why you want to flank them if possible. You can grab them in a way where you have the advantage and it may provide you an extra second or two until they have the ability to respond. This strategy might help tip their decision towards fleeing instead of fighting. It also might provide you the second you will need to get your sight ready should they opt to take it out. Altogether, you’ve got to use whatever you can to your advantage.
You can say the same thing when hearing news that something is happening or going to happen. If there’s a demonstration scheduled downtown, then avoid downtown. You aren’t part of that demonstration anyway, so there’s no reason for you to be there. If you would like to discover what happens, watch the news.

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The reality is that there are some prosecutors who will attempt to prove that you were searching for the opportunity to use your gun to kill someone even if it was done in self-defense. They’ll use your membership in the NRA and signs in your window with topics like”Protected by Smith & Wesson” as an indication that you were merely awaiting the chance to legally kill somebody. If they can create that idea in the minds of the jury, you could wind up facing a murder conviction. Remarkably, it doesn’t matter if that perception is accurate or not.

Smart Self-Defense: It’s Time To Move

When all else fails, it is time to draw; but the point I’m hoping you are seeing here is that you don’t wish to draw until you’ve exhausted other possibilities. If a person walks into the restaurant you are eating at and opens fire, you don’t have other options. Nonetheless, if they’re trying to start trouble, you do. Take advantage of those possibilities when you’re able to.
I feel that exact same temptation too. But that does not mean that I must be the hero. First of all, that’s not my responsibility. I’m not charged by society to protect them, but the police are. While it is likely that I could defend someone and keep them from harm, I must ask myself,”At what cost?”

Smart Self-Defense: What Are You Thinking?