One of the first rules anyone who hunts MUST obey is to ALWAYS be sure of identifying the animal you are targeting and what is behind the animal you are shooting at. I would think the same applies to shooting in self defense. No matter how "frightened" or "excited" we are, we must NEVER risk shooting an unintended bystander. If the man was firing wildly into the night and failing to see what he was firing at, he should not be in possession of a firearm. The charges filed on him are highly appropriate if the situation is as described.philip964 wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 10:31 pmHe may have been firing to suppress the fire he was taking standing at his lit porch.C-dub wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 10:00 am I saw this yesterday and thought the same thing. However, if he couldn’t see his target he shouldn’t have been shooting at them anyway. I don’t know the surroundings, so he could have been shooting into his neighbors houses.
The article headline made it sound like he was arrested for defending his property and life. Very misleading.
When an innocent amateur is placed in a life threatening spit second situation by criminals it seems unfair to armchair quarter back his decisions after the fact.
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- Mon May 22, 2023 9:44 am
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- Topic: TN: don’t tell police you closed your eyes when returning fire from robbers at night
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