Except that if he is facing toward you he has better ability to see when your guard is down and draw and shoot you.The important thing is not whether the other guy is facing towards you....
Very true, and that's a good reason to not try to detain him in the first place.....or whether he is obeying your instructions, or whether he may pose a threat to someone at a later time (as sometimes comes up in these discussions), but whether he poses an immediate threat to you and/or other innocents.
2nd request for info--did the video/post indicate the car jacker had a weapon brought to bare or actually assaulted the driver??
That's what I suspected.2nd request for info--did the video/post indicate the car jacker had a weapon brought to bare or actually assaulted the driver??
The video doesn't mention anything about a weapon or any attempted assault. It just says that the guy got in the car and said, "You know what this is."
I don't know if I would have responded the same way. I probably would have drawn my gun, since it is reasonable, IMO, to assume that a car jacker is going to be armed, but holding him at gunpoint? Seems to me like stepping above my pay grade. Get him out of the car, lock the doors, get out of the situation and call the cops so they can do their job. I certainly would not have stood there spouting one liners for the camera.
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Do you have a basis for that assertion?This rises to the level of property trespass--maybe--and that's about it.
No. He witnessed a crime as it was committed and detained the suspect until police arrived.--he exited the vehicle and held him at gunpoint--and that is no longer his domicile--is it?
So, attempted rape isn't a crime? Any woman I know would view the act of entering her private space, whatever it is, and saying such a thing, as a prelude to sexual assault, not as some sort of clever pick-up line...."you know what this is" could mean a lot of things--maybe he wanted to have sex?
The bg got off easy , the driver could have zapped him and drove away like nothing happened .
And in the end, what better outcome than: it is over and he walks away? You didn't have to shoot, didn't have to prove self-defense, didn't have your pistol taken as evidence, don't have to wonder "what if?" or "was it really necessary?".
This is a feature that can often be changed by the user. Read the manual, or do some research online to see how to disable the auto unlock function.My car unlocks it's doors to when I put it in park.
...and maybe, instead for carjacking the next person and maybe hurting or killing them, the guy will become less stupid and change his ways. Not holding my breath, just thinkin'.