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Tony III · January 31, 2000, 08:28 PM

A handgun as an impact weapon?

I can evaluate this from the other side; I was pistol whipped with a full size .45 (I'm not sure what kind). Hitting someone with a handgun isn't somthing that you should stake your life on, & if your life isn't in danger hitting someone in the head with a hard object isn't responsilbe. The problen is that such a blow to the head will be inconsistent, it could kill someone & then again it might do nothing. It is also my opinion that for non LEOs you should either be running away or using the maximin level of force avialable in order to STOP the threat ASAP. That dosen't leave much room for intermediate levels of force.

If the guy had hit me with a piece of pipe I might be dead, however, If he had hit me with a piece of pipe the size, shape & weight of a gun..... well I'd bet even money that they'd of been removing that pipe from his.....

"Know the stillness of freedom,
Where there is no more striving"
- The Dhamapadah
- Buddha 563-483 B.C.

Tony.

January 31, 2000, 08:28 PM	#27
Tony III Member Join Date: March 2, 1999 Posts: 88	A handgun as an impact weapon? I can evaluate this from the other side; I was pistol whipped with a full size .45 (I'm not sure what kind). Hitting someone with a handgun isn't somthing that you should stake your life on, & if your life isn't in danger hitting someone in the head with a hard object isn't responsilbe. The problen is that such a blow to the head will be inconsistent, it could kill someone & then again it might do nothing. It is also my opinion that for non LEOs you should either be running away or using the maximin level of force avialable in order to STOP the threat ASAP. That dosen't leave much room for intermediate levels of force. If the guy had hit me with a piece of pipe I might be dead, however, If he had hit me with a piece of pipe the size, shape & weight of a gun..... well I'd bet even money that they'd of been removing that pipe from his..... "Know the stillness of freedom, Where there is no more striving" - The Dhamapadah - Buddha 563-483 B.C. Tony.