re: #195 Sionainn

I think a vehicle is a better weapon than a gun. He probably could have run over more of the bastards, but was probably already freaked out about running someone done just moments earlier. Yeah, don’t think a gun or any other weapon would have served him at that point.

At the end when the attempt to flee failed and that one biker smashed the window out, then right there close range, bang. It’s always possible to miss. But that likelihood is somewhat proportionate to range. Point blank? Probably a hit or even better the visible gun buys the poor guy time to actually escape without a shot fired. We can’t know that (and we need not really)but we can see what circumstances make lethal force justified. This is not about guns as much as this poor guy had nothing that would work. Not even with a cop right there.

With an attacker at your front and your two year old behind you force is perfectly appropriate. Lets not pretend guns are “magic” evil either. It’s just a device that improves the odds for a person skilled with it. A real cop strength taser pistol might have done it. But wait, those are illegal for most of us too. Go figure.

The “likely” scenario did not happen. That was a fatal crash while fleeing with a dead family and the attackers spinning the story.