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A Legitimate Defensive Gun Use

Posted on the 05 August 2012 by Mikeb302000
via TTAG where of course they had nothing but praise for the shooter and nothing but criticism for the cops who expressed concern about civilians defending themselves.
My opinion is, although wild shooting in defense of oneself is not recommended, and chasing after the fleeing bad guys is wrong, this was a legitimate DGU.
Did it save a life, though? Had it not been for her defensive action, would she have ended up dead?
No one could know the answer to those questions, but as was mentioned in our other discussion, most encounters do not end up with dead people, so it's not right to claim that Defensive Gun Uses save as many lives as some people like to say.

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