TN: don’t tell police you closed your eyes when returning fire from robbers at night

[philip964]

Tennessee man charged with felony reckless endangerment after returning fire on armed auto thieves

https://www.foxnews.com/us/tennessee-ma ... to-thieves

Note to self: Turn off the porch light when you step out side to confront armed robbers trying to steal your van.

[C-dub]

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.

[philip964]

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.

He may have been firing to suppress the fire he was taking standing at his lit porch.

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.

[03Lightningrocks]

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.

He may have been firing to suppress the fire he was taking standing at his lit porch.

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.

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.

[C-dub]

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.

He may have been firing to suppress the fire he was taking standing at his lit porch.

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.

I think suppressive fire is appropriate when there isn’t someone or something behind your target you aren’t willing to risk hitting. Without knowing that I could be wrong and these charges might be irrelevant. Where I live and in most neighborhoods, his actions would be dangerous and reckless and charges would be appropriate under those circumstances.