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<blockquote data-quote="Sam Shoun" data-source="post: 1809522" data-attributes="member: 15489"><p>I think it's healthy to consider such scenarios and how they should be handled, but I believe it is better to orient the questions less like "can you shoot someone for xyz...?" and more like "what is the most efficient path to my and my family's survival?"</p><p></p><p>The latter consideration will guide most away from walking into any confrontation with two potentially armed and/or dangerous unknowns. Further consideration might encourage more successful efforts to prevent finding oneself in this situation to begin with, including simple things like not parking on the side of QT in the middle of the night, not leaving high theft items in the vehicle (especially firearms), etc.</p><p></p><p>Of course, things happen--trips to the store for medicine in the middle of the night, etc. In the event one finds oneself in this situation, and feels the absolute necessity to intervene, I would suggest that some noise and light (man, I love Surefire) drawing attention might send the bad guys immediately running. This can be done from 20 yards and requires little interaction, and enables a better description of the unknowns for police. If they react aggressively, then you have a managing unknown contacts situation which may turn violent.</p><p></p><p>But again, I place a higher priority on precluding the encounter and the necessity to intervene.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sam Shoun, post: 1809522, member: 15489"] I think it's healthy to consider such scenarios and how they should be handled, but I believe it is better to orient the questions less like "can you shoot someone for xyz...?" and more like "what is the most efficient path to my and my family's survival?" The latter consideration will guide most away from walking into any confrontation with two potentially armed and/or dangerous unknowns. Further consideration might encourage more successful efforts to prevent finding oneself in this situation to begin with, including simple things like not parking on the side of QT in the middle of the night, not leaving high theft items in the vehicle (especially firearms), etc. Of course, things happen--trips to the store for medicine in the middle of the night, etc. In the event one finds oneself in this situation, and feels the absolute necessity to intervene, I would suggest that some noise and light (man, I love Surefire) drawing attention might send the bad guys immediately running. This can be done from 20 yards and requires little interaction, and enables a better description of the unknowns for police. If they react aggressively, then you have a managing unknown contacts situation which may turn violent. But again, I place a higher priority on precluding the encounter and the necessity to intervene. [/QUOTE]
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