An early CHL instructor said, if time and circumstance allowed using verbiage like, "Drop the weapon!" and "Don't make me shoot you." He stressed avoiding use of "gun" and "kill".casingpoint wrote:Excalibur wrote:Agreed. But that's more for cops who have some training and experience along that line, not necessarily for others who are statutorily only empowered and taught primarily to use deadly force in self defense.In my opinion the best option would be a command: "Drop the gun - NOW!"
Most of us are probably deficient in both on a daily basis and will be lucky to pull a gun and get off a disabling shot, much less talk a perp down.If you're alert and well trained
I wasn't there, I am not going to second guess either the actions or positive outcome. But I doubt that I'd be saying much until the situation was over.