"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Make him release it?

You're offering up a straw man argument.
In that case, why do you suppose air marshals and certain other types
of marksmen are trained (with great difficulty) to shoot first at the
head? To show off? Because they get more points or something?

You have said you own a handgun. Would it be correct to assume that
you've pondered the possibility that you might have to use it against
an intruder in your home? Not point it and then argue. I mean USE it.
If your answer is yes, then have you spent any time at all reading
about HOW to use it in those circumstances?

My home defense firearm is a shotgun. I've pondered whether I might have
to use it. Under the right circumstances, I would. I know how to use it.
But home defense is not the same as what we are discussing.

Now you're using NOYB's tactics: Changing the subject to avoid answering
important questions. You wondered what a head shot would do insofar as a
person's ability to use his finger. I explained that this is precisely
the shot that certain kinds of marksmen are trained to make FIRST. This
is a different approach than used in a typical defense situation. What
I've just told you are facts. Why do you think air marshals are trained
to shoot this way?

Again:

Why do you think air marshals are trained to shoot this way?

You asked whether I had thought about using a gun on an intruder and how I
would use it. I answered both questions.

My question about the head shot was this, in more simpler terms. If a perp
has his finger on a spring trigger that releases when he releases his
finger, and you shoot him in the head, what happens to the trigger?
It was only a rhetorical question.

There were two questions in the message. One addressed YOUR use of a gun.
The other addressed the reason why certain marksmen train for the head shot,
while cops (and you & I should) train for the chest shot first. If you
answered my question, you would have answered yours, too. Is it safe to
assume at this point that you do not know the answer?