Here's a tickler for all you married men who love your wives; though this could be applied to anyone family or not. Also, the reverse is true for married women who love their husbands. Just replace "wife" with "husband" or "significant other".
Scenario: BG has your wife and is using her for cover as he backs toward the front door. Classic hostage position: he's got his left arm crooked around your wife's neck dragging her backwards, he's pointing a nondescript handgun at her head with his right hand. You can see about 4 inches of his head craning behind your wife's head. Right shoulder and right leg are exposed but moving unpredictably in response to your wife's struggles. Assume good lighting and no other bystanders. Range to BG is under 10 feet.
Would you take the shot or let him go, for fear of hitting your wife by accident? Or would you shoot your wife in the leg to remove her from the equation (reference to the movie "Speed"). Again totally hypothetical, but a possible scenario one may face. Also, let's limit the discussion to this moment only. None of "well, my house alarm would prevent that" or such. If you were in this scenario right now, how would you respond?
Scenario: BG has your wife and is using her for cover as he backs toward the front door. Classic hostage position: he's got his left arm crooked around your wife's neck dragging her backwards, he's pointing a nondescript handgun at her head with his right hand. You can see about 4 inches of his head craning behind your wife's head. Right shoulder and right leg are exposed but moving unpredictably in response to your wife's struggles. Assume good lighting and no other bystanders. Range to BG is under 10 feet.
Would you take the shot or let him go, for fear of hitting your wife by accident? Or would you shoot your wife in the leg to remove her from the equation (reference to the movie "Speed"). Again totally hypothetical, but a possible scenario one may face. Also, let's limit the discussion to this moment only. None of "well, my house alarm would prevent that" or such. If you were in this scenario right now, how would you respond?