Top 5 misconceptions of when you CAN OR CAN'T use a gun.

[charlie12]

That you can shoot someone over a pet.


Anyone heard that one before?

If it's a Penthouse Pet you can

 

[Tom Gresham]

I ran into something last week that I need to ask about. Twice during the week, we had a woman indicate that she was almost (maybe actually) more afraid to pull out a gun when being attacked than actually using the gun. They have been told that "brandishing" is 1. a FEDERAL felony, and 2. just pulling a gun will get you in a world of trouble. Note that this is even when faced with a clear attack.

We were shooting the First Person Defender series, and two of the woman (who have and carry guns) were reluctant (in one case to the point of not doing it at all) to draw a firearm when under prolonged verbal and then physical assault and then when confronted with an attacker who clearly had a gun.

Are the trainers here running across this? In the line of misconceptions, is this something that is growing, or has it always been there? Are people so afraid of the legal problems they have been told they will face that they won't actually protect themselves or their families?

 

[Hitman]

Read back some Tom. I mentioned something similar and how dangerous ignorance of laws and rights can be for those who carry.

Gotta squash these misconceptions.


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[oleheat]

If it's a Penthouse Pet you can

LOL

 

[dbrevelle]

"If you are a white, male, heterosexual. ..you CAN'T shoot anybody but another white, male, heterosexual. Otherwise Eric Holder will come after you"
Thats just what I heard anyway.

 

[Vermiform]

"If you are a white, male, heterosexual. ..you CAN'T shoot anybody but another white, male, heterosexual. Otherwise Eric Holder will come after you"
Thats just what I heard anyway.

Unfortunately, that one is not a myth......

 

[dbrevelle]

Unfortunately, that one is not a myth......

Damm...I thought I had had one. Oh well.

 

[MikeS369]

I was once told by a police officer teaching a CHP class that I shouldn't use hollow points for self-defense. How's that for a misconception?

I think that probably has something to do with cases such as in Arizona where a guy was charged with murder I believe because he used a 10mm. A caliber the DA determined was designed to kill. But it was a dumb thing for a CHP teacher to say.