Originally Posted by
NBuffaloResident
Easy:
A bludgeon weapon has no collateral damage. A gun can, and most likely will. And attacking someone in your home with a non-lethal weapon is much easier to justify in court. And safer.
Clueless! No collateral damage??? Try swinging your baseball bat around in your house at a moving target and get back to us on that one. Your "attacking" someone in your home is going to get into more trouble in court, than your "defending" yourself against someone in your home will. And choosing an impact or your so-called "non-lethal" weapon over a firearm for defense against an home invader for most people is a truly bad idea. Such a weapon requires the user to come into close contact with the intruder to use, which is never desirable. Please don't give out anymore self-defense advice, because bluntly... you suck at it.
And if you assume you are going to shoot somebody, and not kill them, you sir, are an idiot.
Has anyone here ever stated that they planned on shooting an attacker with the purpose of wounding them??? I don't remember reading that in anyone's posts but NBR's.
If a burglar breaks into your home (At night), he either knows a) You are asleep or b) Not home. Either way, upon you discovering he is there, you are either a) Awaking from a dead sleep or b) Surprised to encounter someone in your home.
Here's that insistance that the homeowner is at the disadvantage again - surprise, surprise.
Either way, the burglar most likely has the drop on you. And, if he doesn't, and is not directly threatening you, and you shoot him, you will have a difficult time justifying that to a jury. Even cops are not allowed deadly force without first a warning.
You watch too much TV... I don't believe that's true. This goes back to the "21-foot Rule" Let's see if you'll look it up and figure out why. Unless some cop on the board wants to explain it to you
No, because I would intend on keeping the situation at the point where the perp is unaware of me.
LOL! Yeah..... wannabe ninja. When was the last time you attempted to creep up on somebody in a quiet room? Give it a try sometime and see how easy it is. Then triple the difficultly on that experiment on trying to sneak up on someone who is already on edge because they are in a place they have no right to be. You live in a real fantasy world
And, doing that with a gun is nigh impossible. And if you did, and just shot him, you would most likely end up in jail, or facing a lawsuit.