Scenario - Sheltering a DV Victim

People react differently to being shot. I've heard of some guys messing up their undies and dropping their weapon by merely hearing a shot. Others, like Platt and Matix in the '86 Miami Massacare, can take multiple hits from handguns and shotguns and still fight to their last breath.

Despite what you hear in a gunshop, a 357 Mag hit may not even phase a determined attacker.

I think "shoot until the threat ends" is really good advice.
 
Technology assist...

In thinking about how to change the result of this encounter, two things come to mind. First, a bulletproof vest may have saved your friend's life. In this situation where you know the guy is lurking about, you could put on a level 2 vest when the cops let the boyfriend go and just sleep in it.

A second item of technology that wouldn't have been determinative in this scenario the way it played out, but might have changed your friend's strategy, would be if he had a pair of night vision goggles handy. If he could see in the dark, maybe he would have lain in wait in the living room and ambushed the bad guy rather than being trapped in the bedroom.

Neither vests nor night vision goggles are cheap, but you can get both for less than the cost of a new SIG Sauer. You can also buy unissued police bullet proof vests relatively cheap. These are generally level 2 vests. The price of vests increases as the protection increases.

Other people have suggested dogs and a good rifle, carbine, or shotgun as other aids. I think those are excellent suggestions.
 
Wow!

I tend to lurk a lot and write little, but this thread opens up a thought that's been running thru my head regarding Home Defense.

What are rules number 2 and 4? Muzzle coverage and final bullet direction/placement?

I kinda work in the construction industry and have inspected a lot of modern construction. Walls are what? Sheetrock over studs in most areas around here. Some may be CMU, but these are rarely found in interior single family residential applications.

Shooting straight down a hall when someone is hiding around the corner of a pair of panels comprised of parallel studs (@ 16" o.c.) and 2 - layers of gypsum bd. each, presents a very simple solution in some manners. A series of wooden studs running parallel to your shot will interrupt the trajectory of your bullet to a large degree. Not good. Neither is shooting at nothing.

Stepping into the room next to you (left or right, depending on where the assailant is hiding), again, assuming that he is hiding just around the corner with his C.O.M at about 42" above the floor. If you "have to" consider breaking both of the above rules, you may now "have to" shoot thru 2 - layers of sheetrock.
(I know, shooting at something you can't see is verboten we are taught) Cheating to win comes to mind.

Same concept when using your house for cover. Doors and windows have a little framing on each side of them, but unless you live in a brick or stone house, the wall is usually (again, around here) stucco over metal lath, some insulation and sheetrock on the interior face of the wall. Sometimes a layer of 3/8" plywood sheathes the studs for shear purposes.

Most residential doors are also built of inconsequential, thin materials. Some may have steel or solid wood panel doors.

What would your firearm do to someone hiding on the other side of that wall if you shoot through the wall? Which round is preferred and why?

Now that I've read the ungodly horrible scenario (real life can suck sometimes huh?), I may have to walk around the house thinking a little differently when home defense is concerned.

I've designed a couple of bulletproof walls for banks and check-cashing services. Not too hard, but it does cost more than the standard 2 x 4, gyp. bd. interior wall. Safe room?

Don't you wish you were superman and had X-ray vision to allow you to see through walls to know where they are?

Locks first, Security lights outside, Dogs inside.

What a first post/thread.

I'm sorry for your friend.

Learn from it and drive on.

Adios Qweeksdraw
 
Following the think twice post once rule I hesitate to say this, but frankly after working with a couple of dozen battered women for the last 5 years years I feel I must just to warn off this kind of "I must protect the damsel in distress" behavior.

You know what the woman was likely thinking after seeing the thug gun down your friend who tried to protect her? "Oh he must really love me to have killed for me..maybe we can work it out!"
 
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