NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/rec/guns/20170

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From: [e-mail] (John Kim)
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Subject: Re: BEST SHOTGUN DEFENSE ROUND?
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Date: 25 Jan 93 14:00:02 GMT
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# [e-mail] (James Douglas Del-Vecchio) writes:
#???  Under what circumstances would it be desireable or lawful to
#use lethal force against a figure 50+ yards away?

    I can think of only two cases:
1) Figure has projectile weapon capable of reaching you and he
appears willing and ready to use it very soon.
2) Figure is threatening innocent person, AND that person would have
the right to use leathal force if he/she were capable, AND you (under
your state's laws) have the right to use leathal force on behalf
of that victim (in almost all states you could shoot if it were your
wife, but in ome states you may not shoot if it's some innocent
strange you do not know), AND the scattering of your shotgun would
not obviously endanger somebody behind the figure in question.  The
exact nature of the last restriction is probably dependent on your
state's laws also.

3) Okay, a stretch 3rd possibility:  Figure is about to do something
else which woudl endanger your bodily well-being, like remotely
detonate a bomb in your vicintity or drop a dry-shipping container
(a-la Leathal Weapon II) on you via remote, or try to run you over
with a vehicle.

-Case
I am not a lawyer: consult an expert in the matter before acting on
my advice.