bestdefense357
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I'm throwing this out for discussion because of the comments made by nearly every victim I interviewed for my book, "The Best Defense: True Stories of Intended Victims Who Defended Themselves with a Firearm." Later interviews for the American Guardian column and for my second book confirm the fact that rarely does a perpetrator simply fall over after he's shot by a vicitm.
In so many cases, the victim told me, "I thought when I shot him, he'd slump to the floor, flutter his eyes once or twice, and die." Of course, the people who said this had been watching too much television.
What an assailant does once he's been shot depends on many factors: size of gun, type of bullet, distance from the victim, where he's hit, the level of anger or adrenalin the bad guy has, whether he's on drugs, etc. But in most instances (of those I interviewed), the bad guy simply kept doing what he was doing. If he was beating the victim, he kept beating the victim. If he was shooting at the victim, he kept shooting. If he was lunging toward the victim, he kept lunging toward the victim. In cases in which the assailant was high on crack cocaine (the great majority of the cases), the shots didn't phase him. Usually these guys had to bleed to death in order to stop their attack.
If you have personal stories about this subject, please email me.
Thanks,
Robert
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In so many cases, the victim told me, "I thought when I shot him, he'd slump to the floor, flutter his eyes once or twice, and die." Of course, the people who said this had been watching too much television.
What an assailant does once he's been shot depends on many factors: size of gun, type of bullet, distance from the victim, where he's hit, the level of anger or adrenalin the bad guy has, whether he's on drugs, etc. But in most instances (of those I interviewed), the bad guy simply kept doing what he was doing. If he was beating the victim, he kept beating the victim. If he was shooting at the victim, he kept shooting. If he was lunging toward the victim, he kept lunging toward the victim. In cases in which the assailant was high on crack cocaine (the great majority of the cases), the shots didn't phase him. Usually these guys had to bleed to death in order to stop their attack.
If you have personal stories about this subject, please email me.
Thanks,
Robert
[This message has been edited by bestdefense357 (edited March 15, 2000).]
[This message has been edited by bestdefense357 (edited March 15, 2000).]