I think the best approach is to forget the legal discussion and make your decision based solely on the situation and whether you feel you need to shoot. These guys coming to get their partner…while looking at them, do you feel they intend to do you harm, or are they going to help their buddy?Glock 23 wrote:thats my instinct too. but how would it look to a jury, when you emptied the clip into a car that was fleeing? Not that I would really be thinking of that in a moment like this.KD5NRH wrote:I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have let the others approach the downed one; he may have another weapon they're going for, or they may just be closing in to make their move.Glock 23 wrote:so if this guy had chosen to start shooting at the car as it drove by him, would that be wrong?
i mean, you put 3 shots into one guy, and you know there are 3 more who aint on your side.....
If you think their intent is to do you harm, then put them down in tactical order, or until the threat is removed.
If you don’t think they plan to do you harm, then you could order them to stop…leave the scene, get on the ground, drop their pants and stand there sucking their thumbs, or a lot of other things…just don’t pull the trigger.
If you fire when you need to, and not just because they may have represented a threat, I suspect all the legal issue will fall out in your favor in the vast majority of cases (ain’t it great living in texas!).