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Old 12-04-2007
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Re: Do You Carry A Gun?

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Originally Posted by Steve View Post
The rules of deadly force do not dictate that you shoot with the intent of killing someone. They dictate that you are taking an action which will cause the assailant to stop the action he's taking.

Period.

If they end up dead in the process, that may be unfortunate, but it's not the goal of using deadly force...
Noted. But that's a legal distinction that has no bearing on the fact that a different approach might have yielded better results.
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