Deadly Force: Threat to Head vs Threat to Body

45_auto · July 15, 2013, 11:41 AM

Should there be any difference in response if deadly force is directed towards the head instead of the body?

In other words, if a bad guy has a gun aimed at someone's head, should you do anything differently than if the gun was aimed at their body in the exact same situation?

allaroundhunter · July 15, 2013, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by 45_auto

Should there be any difference in response if deadly force is directed towards the head instead of the body?

In other words, if a bad guy has a gun aimed at someone's head, should you do anything differently than if the gun was aimed at their body in the exact same situation?

Can one kill you any less dead than the other?

Either way a life is in danger imminent danger.

Glenn E. Meyer · July 15, 2013, 12:16 PM

No. That's simple.

PS - I was an expert witness in a case where an old man stuck a paring knife with a little blade in to the chest of a young buff stud. Said stud dropped stone cold dead - on the spot. NO running around for 15 seconds or whatever.

Just thought of that, Frank.

**Frank Ettin** · July 15, 2013, 12:28 PM

The question has just been definitively answered.

July 15, 2013, 11:41 AM	#1
45_auto Senior Member Join Date: November 21, 2011 Location: Southern Louisiana Posts: 1,399	Deadly Force: Threat to Head vs Threat to Body Should there be any difference in response if deadly force is directed towards the head instead of the body? In other words, if a bad guy has a gun aimed at someone's head, should you do anything differently than if the gun was aimed at their body in the exact same situation?

July 15, 2013, 12:16 PM	#3
Glenn E. Meyer Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2000 Posts: 20,061	No. That's simple. PS - I was an expert witness in a case where an old man stuck a paring knife with a little blade in to the chest of a young buff stud. Said stud dropped stone cold dead - on the spot. NO running around for 15 seconds or whatever. Just thought of that, Frank. __________________ NRA, TSRA, IDPA, NTI, Polite Soc. - Aux Armes, Citoyens Last edited by Glenn E. Meyer; July 15, 2013 at 12:38 PM.

July 15, 2013, 12:28 PM	#4
Frank Ettin Staff Join Date: November 23, 2005 Location: California - San Francisco Posts: 9,475	The question has just been definitively answered. __________________ "It is long been a principle of ours that one is no more armed because he has possession of a firearm than he is a musician because he owns a piano. There is no point in having a gun if you are not capable of using it skillfully." -- Jeff Cooper