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Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:05:30 -0400, Roger wrote:

wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 23:17:44 -0400, Roger wrote:

Mr. Luddite wrote:
An Ohio woman who is licensed to carry a gun but had only recently
started carrying one for protection put it to good use earlier this week.

Dinah Burns was out walking her dog, Gracie, on a path near an
elementary school in Lancaster on Monday when two men approached her
with a baseball bat and threatened to abduct her.

â€œTwo gentlemen came out of the woods, one holding a baseball bat, and
said â€˜Youâ€™re coming with us,â€™â€ Burns told WBNS, adding that Gracie was
little help in deterring the men.

Thankfully, Burns had something else for protection.

â€œI said, â€˜Well, what do you want?,â€™ and as I was saying that I reached
in to my pocket and slipped my gun out, slipped the safety off as I
pulled it out,â€ Burns said.

â€œAs I was doing that the other gentleman came toward me and raised the
baseball bat. And, I pointed the gun at them and said, â€˜I have this
and Iâ€™m not afraid to use it.â€™â€

The men backed off and left, Burns told the news station.

â€œI think if theyâ€™d gotten any closer, I probably would have fired,â€
she said, citing her concealed carry training which taught her â€œto get
out of a situation, back out, get out of it as much as you can without
having to discharge your firearm.â€

â€œ[I'm] very thankful that it turned out the way it did, and hope it
doesnâ€™t happen again, but I will be prepared,â€ Burns said.

Ohio, which began issuing concealed carry permits in 2004, has
experienced a massive surge of new concealed carry permit requests.
According to an article from the Columbus Dispatch earlier this year,
96,972 new permits were issued in 2013 â€” a 50 percent increase from
2012. Permit renewals quadrupled over the same time span to 48,370.

When you get your CC permit you are told that you should draw the
firearm only if you intend to shoot it. In FL they now have a "warning
shot" law that allows the intended victim to use their firearm as a
deterrent as Ms. Burns did without threat of prosecution.
You are still well served by the idea that you don't show a gun that
you are not legally authorized to shoot.

I agree but I would prefer to hold an attacker for the police to deal
with rather than killing someone if it's an option.
===

I think that most of us would agree with that sentiment but it's
important to understand the risks:

Suppose there is a second intruder unbeknownst to you. He could
blind side you while you are holding a bead on the first one as you
attempt to call police.

Suppose that your intruder decides to take a chance with your
quickness and accuracy, and successfully seizes your gun and/or
attacks you with a weapon of his own, possibly improvised.

Suppose the police arrive while you are holding your gun on the
intruder. More than one person has been mistakenly shot by the
police in those circumstances.

I agree. It's a shame that we are legally better off killing an
intruder rather than shooting them in the knees and disabling them
alive. It's got to be difficult living with the memory of killing
someone even if they were a lifetime loser. I hope I never have to deal
with that.

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