Reply #32: I was awakened one night [View All]

[Mugu]

by the sound of somebody tripping over a rug inside my front door. I grabbed a little side by side 12ga. and went to investigate. He and I saw each other from opposite ends of the hallway. By the time I raised the gun, he had turned and started to run. I swear that he pissed himself.

My father use to tell me that there were three elements to a clean shooting. Shoot the perp once, if you shoot him fifteen times it calls your motivation into question (the important point being to use a big enough gun and don't shoot until you see the front sight.) Second, shoot him in the front. He can't present you a immediate danger if he isn't facing you. Third, halo the bullet hole with gun powder residue. That proves that he was close enough to be an immediate danger.

By the time I got the bead centered up on him, I was looking at his side and that quickly turned into his back. He was very motivated and didn't even bother to close the door behind himself. I was undressed and figured that if the police saw a naked guy with a gun running down the street in the middle of the night...well nothing good would come of it.

Another time, again in the middle of the night, a guy keep ringing the buzzer to my apartment. When I answered the buzzer he demanded to be let in. I told him that I wasn't going to let him in without a good reason. He claimed that he needed to call someone for a ride home, so I took my cordless phone down to the door. He then claimed that he didn't know the number and needed a phone book. I told him that I would get one and be right back. The "L" frame Smith in the back waistband of my pants (I got dressed this time) had to be obvious as I went upstairs. He was gone when I got back with the book.

Regards, Mugu