LCPer
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Indiana Code
Here is the Indiana Code that might give you some insight on the issue.
Indiana Code 35-41-3
Here is the Indiana Code that might give you some insight on the issue.
Indiana Code 35-41-3
If you shoot 'em in the back, just be sure to roll them over and shoot 'em in the chest. Bullets aren't sequentially numbered.
It's simple.
"Does this person need to be shot?"
If they aren't posing a near immediate threat to life of severe bodily injury. The answer is almost universally no. Regardless of what direction they are facing.
Sit 1. FuBar is in a class room with a gun pointed at the students in the front of the room. You're in the hallway and see him, have a gun, and a clean shot. "Does this person need to be shot?"
Sit 2. FuBar is in your home, carrying your Laptop towards your front door. You're behind him with your gun and a clean shot. "Does this person need to be shot?"
Sit 3. FuBar is in your home, heading towards the steps to the second floor. You come in behind him. Your wife and daughter are on the second floor. You have a gun, and a clean shot. "Does this person need to be shot?"
If someone is in your house and up to no good and you shoot them in the back, will it go bad for you?
ERGO: Why wait for him to turn around and have a chance at shooting you, or warn him that you are even there?
https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/carry_issues_and_self_defense/70557-another_not_guilty.html
Indiana's Castle Doctrine aside, this is the sort of thing I worry about.
My solution: .12ga with the first two shells being rubber buckshot, and the other four REAL 00.
Shout a warning and command to get on the floor. If they do not comply, I pepper the back of their torso with rubber. Repeat as necessary.
If they wanna really fight, all I can say is I hope they land on the linoleum.
When you rack that 12 gauge, they are going to do everything possible to get out of your house. Let them go.
If they turn and threaten you, then they may catch a nasty case of lead poisoning. This would be my last intention, I couldn't imagine cleaing up after dispatching a couple of rounds of 00 buck in my house (whether someone caught it or not).
If someone is in your house and up to no good and you shoot them in the back, will it go bad for you?
ERGO: Why wait for him to turn around and have a chance at shooting you, or warn him that you are even there?
It's simple.
"Does this person need to be shot?"
If they aren't posing a near immediate threat to life of severe bodily injury. The answer is almost universally no. Regardless of what direction they are facing.
Sit 1. FuBar is in a class room with a gun pointed at the students in the front of the room. You're in the hallway and see him, have a gun, and a clean shot. "Does this person need to be shot?"
Sit 2. FuBar is in your home, carrying your Laptop towards your front door. You're behind him with your gun and a clean shot. "Does this person need to be shot?"
Sit 3. FuBar is in your home, heading towards the steps to the second floor. You come in behind him. Your wife and daughter are on the second floor. You have a gun, and a clean shot. "Does this person need to be shot?"
I asked my wife the same question and she replied, "I would shoot them out of fear." I think a woman has a better chance of not getting in any trouble.
lars:
1. Warning first. It could be a demonstration... a poorly done demo, but one nevertheless. (You have a gun at school?? )
1) Don't know. Maybe the guy/gal is pointing the gun at a bad guy in among the students. Does he see me? Can I see the rest of the situation? Also I probably would not have a gun in a school since I am not LEO.
If someone is in your house and up to no good and you shoot them in the back, will it go bad for you?
ERGO: Why wait for him to turn around and have a chance at shooting you, or warn him that you are even there?
Why would you want to be balled up on the floor during a home invasion?If they are in my house they are going to get shot in the toe, back, head or anything else that I can hit while in the fetal position on the floor.
I dont care if they are just going for my tv or are trying to get into my gun cabinet, if they are in my house they are a worthless piece of sh&t that mean me harm, and I will intercept them with bullets. What's to say that once you yell out your warning they dont turn and run down a hallway and now you have to go and clear your house, not knowing where they are at. Perhaps if they are cornered in a room with no way out except through a doorway I am standing in and are far enough away from me I will tell him to get the floor and if they move they will be shot.But why not try to diffuse the situation with a verbal or "lead" warning first? If after discovering that the homeowner is armed and ready, anyone willing to stick around has made their intentions (and mentality) clear, and should be a hell of a lot easier to justify legally and morally.
Really..?....Rubber buckshot?....Bad idea. I see no logical reason to have the first two shells be fake. It's like carrying without one in the pipe. If that guys armed, your toast.