The couple was probably misquoting their instructor. You shoot to stop the BG. What is the quickest and most effective way to stop a BG coming towards you? You kill them. You wouldn't aim for their leg or their arm (a. because it's a tougher shot and b. because it would be less effective at stopping the BG), but you'll aim for central mass with the vital organs. Killing is just a side-effect of stopping the perp.Fangs wrote:Not to hijack the thread, but a couple at Cabela's told me that they "took the class and you should shoot to kill, and tell the LEO that, otherwise you will get sued".
Also if you shoot them in a non-lethal manner (ie, just wounding them), then the argument can be made that you might not have felt as thought your life was in imminent danger. As stated in Texas law, deadly force can be used:
Therefore, the prosecutor might say that you were unjustified in using deadly force. Just how I think of it.when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the
deadly force is immediately necessary:
(A) to protect the actor against the other's use or attempted use
of unlawful deadly force; or
(B) to prevent the other's imminent commission of aggravated
kidnapping, murder, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, robbery,
or aggravated robbery.
(b) The actor's belief under