You just described the accidental shooting of Dwayne Wade's cousin in Chicago last summer. She was walking her kids home from school.So many people think shooting a gun is like on TV, where the bullet just magically disappears if they miss their mark. Unfortunately in real life unless the fleeing car is hit, which is a bad shoot to start with, that bullet might go through a house and do harm to some very innocent person. Many people don't take into account what is behind what they shoot at, and a miss in open land with any upward arc can go for more than the movies where the bullet vanishes into never-never land.
Many years ago I remember a story about someone who was injured by a .22LR round that was fired from a mile away.
I hope the police are nice to the "Lafayette man" and give him the option of going to a class to learn to see beyond what he is shooting at.
That's pretty nuts about the 1 mile .22 shot. I found an old (70's) box of Federal .22 short that has "Warning: Effective range 1 mile" printed on the close tab. I scoffed. Maybe I should be taking that a little more serious...
"Once the perp leaves my home, unless he has something of mine, fingers off the trigger." <----This is correct!
"Maybe a warning shot into the ground next to me if I don't think hes moving fast enough..." IMO .. This might/could get turned around,( in this crazy world) ,and not look good.
Once the perp leaves my home, unless he has something of mine, fingers off the trigger. Maybe a warning shot into the ground next to me if I don't think hes moving fast enough...
Along the lines of what Old pink said, I think to many of these bad shots are being taken in anger, and anger should never play a part in any kind of gun play.
That's pretty nuts about the 1 mile .22 shot. I found an old (70's) box of Federal .22 short that has "Warning: Effective range 1 mile" printed on the close tab. I scoffed. Maybe I should be taking that a little more serious...
if firing in safe direction and not far from vehicle, i would put a few holes in it so the police could find it easier. I don't think the police would have much trouble with that. They like to catch the bad guy. Obviously, doing it safely in a uncontrolled situation is the question. I have thought of so many scenarios and what if's, but if I am ever in a situation where my gun is in my hand, I am sure things won't go quite as planned. Adrenaline alone will affect the entire out come. Police train all the time and things don't go the way plan all the time.