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

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You're going to be hard-pressed to find the post where anyone said that it was a guarantee.

It is, however, far more likely that two .40 caliber rounds into the chest will stop someone faster than two rounds into the legs...
Well, maybe, but it could also enrage his friends and make them charge you, which they might not have done if their friend had not been so seriously injured. Also, you were lucky that this was deemed a legal shooting. It might not have been, had it occurred elsewhere in the US. Is it not possible that the slight additional increase in your personal risk might be worth it, to reduce the risk of being sent to prison?

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Sorry, but if I feel compelled to use my gun, then all the decision making on the assailant's part has been done...
What do you mean?
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