Homeowner shoots, kills 14 yr old home invader.

[sarisataka]

24. Why not warning shots?

Several reasons:

-that bullet will go somewhere. There is risk to anyone within range now to be injured
-if you are confronting someone and they will advance on a gun, the warning shot will likely not deter them
-to a sociopath, you have shown you are reluctant to risk killing them. They will use that to kill you


Wounding shot-
Do not point a gun at anything you are not willing to destroy- even a wounding shot can kill

When the adrenaline has your heart pounding like a steam engine, your vision is so sharp you can see every pore on the person you are facing and the whole universe has reduced to just the two of you... it takes all of you willpower to acknowledge anything else-- bystanders, your family, the sights on the gun in your hand... that leg is a very, very small target. The body at least looks possible and one solid hit can end the situation. Of course it can end a life.

Again- Do not point a gun at anything you are not willing to destroy