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Excaliber wrote:

kragluver wrote:Shooting through a closed outer door clearly violates the safety rule of being sure of your target and what is BEHIND it. In attempting to shoot over the BG's head, the homeowner ran a serious risk of striking a neighbor. Remember that every bullet has a lawyer attached.

And every round that does not strike the intended target strikes an unintended one.

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-a ... 002e0.html

It seems this officer empties an entire mag, hitting the perp once. I would say he was justified yet lucky the stray rounds didn't hit anyone.

cope wrote: If you shoot me through the window or door (by mistake), you will spend the rest of your life in prison.

Think before you act.

Thank you for the feedback but please don't think me to be some trigger happy fool. Accidentally shooting you in either of the described scenarios would mean I've violated the basic rule of being sure of my target -- and am fully aware of the consequences for that.

Thank you for your service.

Let's say there's an unknown person banging on your locked front door demanding entry, and for the sake of argument they specifically state they want to rape and kill your family. You tell them in no uncertain terms you will fire upon them if they breach your doorway.

You proceed to call 911 to report the incident but yet either they are still pounding or you have no idea if they have really left if the sounds stop.

How do you best communicate to 911 that you are armed and will remain on guard until the police arrive while minimizing the chances you are shot by the responding officers?

Do you ask for a callback while they LEOs are arriving? Should you try to establish a password so you can confirm it is them at the door? Has anyone responded to a (more realistic) scenario similar to this?