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06-17-2010 | 04:40 AM

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Chuck R.

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Originally Posted by Colorado Luckydog

If the intruder is in my house, he's a threat and I'm going to smoke him.

Or, it could be a disoriented neighbor, some harmless drunk, or one of your kids sneaking home late.

I guess you’re right; taking a second to ID a threat is a lot dumber than “smoking” “something” or “someone” in my house that I can’t identify.

Don’t get me wrong, I couldn’t care less about anyone that breaks into my house. But I do care about protecting my family and my assets. Any time there is a shooting, justified or not, you’re going to be looking at some legal bills. Even in a castle doctrine state, the DA can decide to take it to a grand jury and you will need legal representation. The last thing I want to do is shoot someone I didn’t have to, because justified or not, it’s going to cost me a lot more than a laptop or stereo.

Seriously, do some research, take a class, check out some equipment. IF you think you can get off any kind of aimed shot when lit up with a 125 lumen light you’re kidding yourself. The time it takes to go from flashing a light, to pulling a trigger with a weapon mounted light is a fraction of a second.

Chuck

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