Bayonette legal for home defense?

[Jim March]

If you stick 'em and THEN shoot 'em, you're pretty much guaranteed not gonna miss.

 

[Stressfire]

If you stick 'em and THEN shoot 'em, you're pretty much guaranteed not gonna miss.

Lol, not even sure where to start with that one

 

[Ronbert]

You shoot 'em to help withdraw the bayonet, don't you?

(I wasn't infantry trained so may be mistaken)

 

[m.p.driver]

I have a bayonet from my Army days that will fit my AR,but it has never occurred to me to keep it fixed.Frankly if someone breaks into my house,advances on me or my family with a knife,he's getting a double tap of 185gr. .45 +p.You don't bring a knife to a gun fight.

 

[Kreyzhorse]

Lets say the perp had a knife and you wanted to even it up. Would you be right in your actions?

Why would you want to "even it up"? If there is an intruder in my home who has threatened me with a knife, I want to end the threat immediately. No ifs, ands or buts and the quickest way to do so is to shoot him.

In my opinion, if you used a knife simply because that is what the intruder had, I would find it really hard to believe that you were in actual fear for your life and acted in self defense.

 

[Doyle]

The guys and I were sitting around waiting for pt formation and we got into the topic of chosen weapons.

That kind of Army thinking is why we have the Marine Corps.