Guns in Arizona: Killing in self-defense led to misery for man [View All]

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Interesting self defense story. Not sure if I think this was a good shoot or not. I can see this going either way. The man charging had no weapons in his hands. So maybe he would have just punched him in the face. Who knows. But it shows that any shoot can cause major issues.

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Time slowed for Harold Fish as the man rushed toward him on the hiking trail outside Payson. His gun drawn, Fish had time to do all the things his self-defense instructors had taught him, the ones it seemed he never would have time to do in the heat of the moment.

Fish already had fired at the ground in front of three growling dogs running toward him, scaring them away. But it didn't deter the man running toward him.

Fish looked at the man's hands, which were clenched into fists. Maybe, he thought, to hide a small knife. He locked on the man's eyes and didn't see any sense of him backing down. It wasn't the look an unarmed man would have in the face of a weapon.

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Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/07/15/20110715arizona-guns-special-report-self-defense-story.html#ixzz1SEKihLp9