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- From: gt4458c@prism.gatech.edu (John Stephens Cronin)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Bad tactical position ( was Psychology in Defense)
- Message-ID: <75209@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 15:09:40 GMT
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- Organization: Common Container Liberation Front
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- One thing I wonder about...
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- What if the perp is armed with a knife and starts walking very deliberately
- towards you from 20 feet away. I know many anti-gun types who have said about
- cops in similar situations "he had a gun, why couldn't he just shoot him in
- the leg or something?". In fact, cops have had to undergo a lot of invest-
- igation on that point here in Atlanta, although as far as I know they have
- all been (eventually) exonerated. Still, if you get a civil jury trial this
- point can be made to sound very convincing by the plaintiffs lawyers. So, if
- you were in this situation, why not shoot for the legs (assuming you have a
- big enough gun and are a good enough shot)?
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- John Cronin Internet: gt4458c@prism.gatech.edu Phone: (404) 876-1419
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