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Kythas wrote:When I was a rookie, my FTO gave me a bit of advice...:
"If you're ever in a situation where you're not sure whether you should draw your gun or not, draw it...."

If a LEO draws his sidearm and doesn't have to use it, he just reholsters and that's the end of the matter. A non-LEO could face a charge of intentional failure to conceal or even deadly conduct if the justification is questionable.

In this case, with an armed robber in flagrante delicto, I think there would be no question. If it's a case of two guys walking behind you at night and whispering, not so much.

- Jim

Welcome to the forum, beccasgrandpa.

I want to point out this record as reported by the Miami Herald:

...selling cocaine and marijuana, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, resisting an officer with violence and carjacking. In all, he had been arrested more than a dozen times. His run-ins with the law began when he was 15. ... burglary ... battery ... aggravated battery and assault with a weapon and assault on a law enforcement officer.... burglary, kidnapping and strong arm robbery.

I don't know why this man turned out this way. I don't care to speculate. But according to these reports, he had no respect for the law or human life.

Contrast that with a man who has worked within the system, obeyed the law, and worries about lawsuits and prosecution.

Which will be quicker to pull the trigger?

- Jim

tfrazier wrote:Of course, we all know that the age of the BG in this incident must be wrong. After all, you have to be 21 in this country to own a handgun.

No, you don't.

You have to be 21 or older to buy a handgun from an FFL or to buy handgun ammunition. It is not illegal for a person who is 18 to 20 to possess a handgun.

I doubt Florida makes it illegal for 18 to 20-year-olds. Their laws are similar to ours.

The guy was apparently convicted of felonies as a juvenile (I know juvenile courts use different language). It was illegal for him to possess a firearm or ammunition on that basis.

The question that the antis refuse to answer is why this guy was not in prison after multiple convictions for violent felonies.

- Jim

He was 18 years old, so he couldn't legally buy .380 ammo. He probably had to take whatever the local bootlegger was selling.

Wadcutters can do quite a bit of damage in .380, and they feed better more reliably than HP in some pistols.

I suspect that criminals don't know all that much about firearms, especially the young ones. Most are semi-literate, and they probably don't know many adults who have real knowledge.

- Jim

A lot more "economy" pistols in 1994.

Remember, this may not be a representative sample. It's something like ten thousand weapons seized from among millions that may be in circulation among criminals. Maybe only the least competent criminals use cheap roscoes.

- Jim

Here is the TIME article that that was referred to from 2002:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article ... 83,00.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The reporter probably just googled "Bryco 380." That how I found it.

The Bryco .380 is #9 on the list. Many of the others are quite respectable and more expensive firearms.

- Jim