That line of thinking is idotic.( not saying you are, directed at the instructors) A simply understanding of the law is all that is needed to comprehend that if you are justified in using deadly force, it matters not what type of deadly force is used. Shooting someone IS ALWAYS deadly force.fadlan12 wrote:My instructor doesn't post a score on paper work, only pass or fail. Rational is: to prevent a prosecuter from saying "you were such a good shot you should have shot the weapon out of the perps hand instead of killing them". But we got our targets with a score to keep.txinvestigator wrote:And?Tim the Teacher wrote:We were told by our instructor that the targets were trashed after qualifying. Apparently it gives lawyers some info on you if you are ever involved in a situation where you have to discharge your weapon in a defensive posture.
ETA: i posted a reply prior to reading entire thread, seems to be "high agreement" among most instructors.
Do I really need to get into the realities of shooting under stress, small, moving targets as opposed to center mass, the likelyhood of a non-CM shot actually stopping the aggressor, etc. etc?
Show me ONE case where a person who was otherwise justified in using deadly force convicted because he 'didn't shoot the gun out of his hand". Heck, show me one attempt.