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p99guy · May 21, 2010, 01:26 PM

CPTMurdock....15 to 25 yards is defensible if they have a weapon capable of hurting you at that distance, and the circumstance leaves you little choice but to employ deadly force. even with a knife 21 feet is the absolute minimum safe distance to allow yourself time to react and get a shot off if they lunge at you(heck they teach that in CHL class and Police academy)

the tests that have been done, and introduced by expert witnesses in Court cases have shown the legal profession that 15 to 25 yards isnt that safe in confrontations of any kind, to be considered excessive where a weapon is envolved. It just don't take long to close that distance.

If somebody is doing thier darndest to shoot you with a scoped deer rifle at 300yds,
and you cap his happy arse with yours...The Grand Jury is going to likely no bill you because shooting him back was the reasonable thing to do. 300 yds is well withen the range of such weapon, and was a deadly threat.

it all has to do with the totallity of the circumstance.

May 21, 2010, 01:26 PM	#23
p99guy Senior Member Join Date: November 4, 2004 Location: Haslet,Texas(DFW area) Posts: 1,506	CPTMurdock....15 to 25 yards is defensible if they have a weapon capable of hurting you at that distance, and the circumstance leaves you little choice but to employ deadly force. even with a knife 21 feet is the absolute minimum safe distance to allow yourself time to react and get a shot off if they lunge at you(heck they teach that in CHL class and Police academy) the tests that have been done, and introduced by expert witnesses in Court cases have shown the legal profession that 15 to 25 yards isnt that safe in confrontations of any kind, to be considered excessive where a weapon is envolved. It just don't take long to close that distance. If somebody is doing thier darndest to shoot you with a scoped deer rifle at 300yds, and you cap his happy arse with yours...The Grand Jury is going to likely no bill you because shooting him back was the reasonable thing to do. 300 yds is well withen the range of such weapon, and was a deadly threat. it all has to do with the totallity of the circumstance. __________________ Lighten up Francis!.....;Actor Warren Oats, in the movie "Stripes"