This falls into the category of warning shots: Don't do it. If you are "warning" someone, you may have just told an ambitious shithead DA that you were Not Really in fear of imminent harm to yourself or others, and may now face felony charges since this is not self-defense.
Agree. A room temp criminal is much less likely to commit more crime, and cannot fight their way through the pain to shoot at you any more, thus lessening the chance of you reaching room temperature. When confronted with a life and death situation, shooting to wound is down right foolish. The other guy isn't.
“investigative colonoscopy” is another reason to not have signs or shirts that say things like “fafo”. “we don’t dial 911”..ect. it can and will be used against you. and “birdshot” at close range is like a 1 ounce slug….
Brandishing a shotgun, even without firing it, is the application of deadly force in most States. (Check your state's laws, IANAL).
Worse... if you knowingly put a wounding shot into your shotgun as the first round, that may violate a "no warning shot" law. It may not. You need to get ginned up on the laws in your state.
The only benefit I can see from loading birdshot instead of buckshot is if you have to use the shotgun, and the perp does in fact stop after the first hit, an overzealous DA cannot charge you with first degree homicide. That 'may' relieve some of the stress you and your family have to go through, but I doubt it.
This falls into the category of warning shots: Don't do it. If you are "warning" someone, you may have just told an ambitious shithead DA that you were Not Really in fear of imminent harm to yourself or others, and may now face felony charges since this is not self-defense.
Just don't do it.
THIS!
"Shots across the bow" are for old naval combat movies.
I'm not a sailor.
(Although ... Squirrel warning ... A pop up quad Oerlikon turret under the front lawn .... Hmmm....)
Agree. A room temp criminal is much less likely to commit more crime, and cannot fight their way through the pain to shoot at you any more, thus lessening the chance of you reaching room temperature. When confronted with a life and death situation, shooting to wound is down right foolish. The other guy isn't.
Thanks for the good advice. Hope he take it.
“investigative colonoscopy” is another reason to not have signs or shirts that say things like “fafo”. “we don’t dial 911”..ect. it can and will be used against you. and “birdshot” at close range is like a 1 ounce slug….
Just the act of pointing a deadly weapon at someone is assault. Shooting them with anything is assault with a deadly weapon.
You got it, hit the nail on the head.
Brandishing a shotgun, even without firing it, is the application of deadly force in most States. (Check your state's laws, IANAL).
Worse... if you knowingly put a wounding shot into your shotgun as the first round, that may violate a "no warning shot" law. It may not. You need to get ginned up on the laws in your state.
The only benefit I can see from loading birdshot instead of buckshot is if you have to use the shotgun, and the perp does in fact stop after the first hit, an overzealous DA cannot charge you with first degree homicide. That 'may' relieve some of the stress you and your family have to go through, but I doubt it.
Room temperature attackers cannot sue you after the fact.
Their family will, but at least there's not an eyewitness lying on the witness stand at you.