First time I had to draw my handgun (in this state)

[Denny347]

So....... What IS the last word? Can I be pointing my gun at guys or not? I just want to know!

Answer...it depends.

 

[Dark-Mark]

As for the brandishing & threatening - since the OP called the police and stated his actions I'd say he is OK since they didn't really seem to care

the cops did not care because there was not a victim. I am not saying there was not a crime because there was. but is the guy at the door going to go court i dont think so. But i agree he should have stayed IN the house.

 

[nakinate]

Oh please don't bring this thread back.

 

[iChokePeople]

Too late. Zombie thread is back to eat more of your brain.

 

[Rookie]

This thread still sucks.

 

[cosermann]

We need a little zombie/neco animated smilie thingy.

 

[Butch627]

As for the brandishing & threatening - since the OP called the police and stated his actions I'd say he is OK since they didn't really seem to care

the cops did not care because there was not a victim. I am not saying there was not a crime because there was. but is the guy at the door going to go court i dont think so. But i agree he should have stayed IN the house.

So did you read this entire thread and thought it was a good idea to reactivate it? How did you find it?

 

[level0]

So did you read this entire thread and thought it was a good idea to reactivate it? How did you find it?

15 with a rocket to 50, baby!

Thread needs more wallet.

 

[Sylvain]

Oh please don't bring this thread back.

Burn it with fire!

 

[Jomibe]

15 with a rocket to 50, baby!

 

[Bennettjh]

This thread had some action!

 

[ModernGunner]

Still haven't seen the part where the "girlfriend's boyfriend" actually did anything illegal, or wrong. Other than showing up at the OP's door at 2:30 in the morning. Which would make be a bit 'cranky', as well.

"Feeling" threatened and actually being threatened are two very, very different scenarios.

Wrong. In fact, the common 'justification' for defending oneself is "I felt my life was in danger." That, or someone in your purview.

Even if the OP thought his girlfriend was threatened, she apparently did not, so if he draws down on the guy.

Wrong. As the specific person under the purview of the gun-holding defender may not realize their life is in danger, but the gun-holder does.

... When a man pulled into my driveway in what appeared to be a FedEx truck... I drew my .45 ACP Smith & Wesson M&P on his chest and shouted, "STOP RIGHT THERE YOU SCUMBAG HITMAN!"... I think that I just saved my own life.

Feeble attempt at sarcasm aside, ironically enough, just several years ago in Munster, IN., a man was murdered by a hitman posing as a FedEx delivery man.

Had THAT homeowner suspected something was 'fishy' and drew his ".45ACP Smith & Wesson M&P", he might well be alive today, rather than a murder statistic. Fail.

Except, I CAN make an absolute statement that "pointing a firearm" at another person is ILLEGAL!
And, the LAW IS black and white!

Except, the law is not "black and white". It is only illegal IF it is not justifiable.

 

[danielson]

I like bacon-wrapped bacon, smothered in a bacon reduction.

 

[nakinate]

I like bacon-wrapped bacon, smothered in a bacon reduction.

With a side of?? BACON!!!!

 

[A 7.62 Exodus]

Damnit! I thought this thread died, and now I see it back up, with people still quoting me.

I'm not getting back into it. Have fun in here, I'm taking my popcorn elsewhere

 

[danielson]

OOHHHH.. Popcorn covered in a butter/bacon sauce.

 

[chezuki]

 

[Fishersjohn48]

Here's mine.

 

[Bunnykid68]

15 with a rocket to 50, baby!

Thread needs more wallet.

Post spread out over 5 days and a member since November

 

[ghitch75]