Chris Brines wrote:Interesting, and I'm glad to see that this was a misunderstanding, because a law abiding citizen protecting him or herself could get hurt or killed if that law were a reality. Now, I took my CHL class today and want to be sure I heard something correctly....If I am not mistaken my instructor said that if you are being threatened physically by someone who is obviously physically larger and stronger than you, whether with or without a gun, and you draw your weapon because it escalates to the point you are in fear for your safety....Sorry, that's a bit of a run on sentence...
Anyway...
If you are in this position and the threatening person says, "go ahead shoot me", it is then legal to shoot them?
Whether they say that or anything is irrelevant. Did you feel your life was in danger? Did you reasonably feel anothers life was in danger? Was the level of force you used reasonable? I dont give a whit about physical size or apparent strength. You do not know the skill of the person attacking you. You do not know if they have a weapon hidden. You do not know the attackers mindset, is he high/desperate/suicidal? I would not hesitate to draw on a 18yr old gangbanger much smaller than me if I felt he was actually threatening me. An extreme,rare, but true situation is female and child bangers carrying guns, they are a great equalizer in a bad way too, sorry Samuel Colt. If you draw your gun then you better be prepared to fire to stop the threat, period. If you dont have the mindset to do so then you just gave a thug a weapon. I am a vet from Desert Storm, I did shoot when needed so I am confident I will do so again but if you have never been in that situation you really need to get more training and decide what you will do. Welcome to the group, lots of real good (and valid) info here.
