Looking at the picture I ask you, You can do better, faster with less shots and not harm the bird? The bird was not just hanging there still + any wind movement added. I’m pretty good with my .22 rifle but I would be going slow and careful as a bad result would be so easy to have happen. Eagles are not common and careful is way more important IMO. If it was me or mine in the tree, hot shot super shot would not be who I wanted shooting that close to me.
I have been in the house where a crazy kicked in the front door so we have weapons in each room and beside my leg in the chair I usually sit in.
I am not surprised at folks who have had a house fire and now have more and handier fire extinguishers than I do , better fire alarms, practice getting out, have several plans depending on where and when a fire might happen.
I don’t have children at home anymore so I have less lives to worry about. But I sure do not rag on folks that have had fires before. If you rag on me about weapons close while at home in a semi-rural area, that just shows bad on you, not the person who is prepared.
I do not worry about it nor am I paranoid, it is just like the plans I had and practiced for when an engine quit on takeoff. Never happened when I was unprepared because I was prepared every single time in over 10,000 hours of flying as the pilot. But it did happen several times. I and the others with me at the time are still alive because I was prepared every single time. I had the plans in my pocket, practiced and ready to go. I did not have to stop and think about what to do and I die because I needed to be doing it already.
Is wearing a seat belt paranoid? I hate them, think they are unnecessary for me but I don’t rag on those who think otherwise. I understand the risk when I don’t use them. It is not that I never use them but I don’t like them. I don’t claim to be safer or smarter or better. But when it comes to guns, shooting and being prepared, you are quick to rag on others. Why is that?
It is up to the individual to make that decision for him/herself. Each has their own skills and abilities, risk tolerance, comfort and safety level when carrying, good or bad firearms habits, eyesight in both good and dim lighting, personal makeup (nervous twitchy type? or calm under duress?) and not to mention where they live, how close are any neighbors, how likely is there to be danger, and other factors. There should not be any single, pat answer to “Should you always carry when at home?”
Besides all that, why does it matter what anyone else thinks the recommendation should be?
There are people who do. People who have a pistol in their pocket or on their hip every waking hour of the day, including while at home making dinner or mowing the lawn. And there are also people who have guns within handy reach in the bedroom, living room and kitchen. Not everyone does this, of course, even among gun owners and carriers, but some do. Why is this hard to fathom, or ripe for ridicule?
Are there other things that I’m not advocating that I should declare? I’m speaking plainly, as usual. Any insinuation you are interpreting is of your own design. I would not say “yes you should” without knowing much more about the fact pattern in question. In all cases, I would say people need to make their own choices.
This is an example of DGU? Not trying to be snarky but the guy is guilty of being an asshole, not trying to de-escalate, and if reports are correct he does a “laughing at liberals” blog. Educate me why this is a good example of DGU?
Factoring in pauses to reload the magazine or feed tube, waiting for any wind to die down so the target isn’t moving. We don’t even know if the rifle wasn’t a bolt action or single shot which would slow the process down even more having to reset for every shot.
Carnivorous Plant, I agree that is it “positive” only in that no shots were fired. Or to look at it another way, the perp got arrested and held on a $250k bond. Watch the video. It could have easily turned into the gunfight at the ok coral had there been a “good guy” with a gun scenario. Or he could have easily been sucker punched during the event. At a minimum, he is guilty of being an asshole that wanted to wave his gun around. Dude could have
a) not shown up armed and looking for an altercation
b) could have walked away
Let’s see what his day in court looks like but do you really think this is a good example of DGU?
Again, I’m not here to threadshit on the Positive Gun News of the Day, and I find it interesting to read this thread occasionally, but IMHO this is a poster child example of why the bar for who gets to carry needs to be raised. YMMV.
DGU with one death. The entire incident is on video here. No idea why a person would continue to advance on the person who was armed. This was allowed to escalate further than I would expect.
Ask the police, who I suspect are not surprised, and see this regularly. I’ll bet good guys with guns who intervene in criminal acts frequently encounter things they never anticipated.
This thread is not exclusively about DGUs, just positive news relating to guns.
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IMHO the video shows aggressive/assholish gun use, and positive only in that thankfully no shots were fired and the perp was arrested on a $250k bond and will have his day in court on two felony counts. You call that positive when this thread has plenty of examples such as Mandeville that Bone just referenced?
Any armed confrontation that ends with no injuries is a positive gun use by the police, especially given recent events. Props to the cops for their restraint. Let that be a good example for other law enforcement agencies around the country.
DGU with one death. 3v1 and the 1 prevailed. I assume much worse from people who break in during the night when people are expected to be home rather than during the day.
