Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Robbers starts shooting in restuarant, one is killed by CCW customer. [View all]Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)As opposed to firing at the guy shooting at -him-?
The semantic bit is that the guy with the shotgun, as a member of the aggressing party, cannot "return fire" in point of reference to the firefight, as his party was the aggressors.
And as per your link; If you study the entrance pattern, you'll realize that even buckshot enters the body (or any other target) at a reasonably tight pattern; examine the entrance pattern prior to the temporary cavity. What I'm saying is that a shotgun has very little spread, even with a sawed-off barrel, unless modified specifically to increase spread, via altering the choke or using spreader loads. Even when this is done, however, in order to achieve maximum pellet spread for maximum carnage, the shooter would have to be within around twenty two yards, with diminishing returns after eighteen yards; the spread is not good enough. At a close range, such as within the store, even a sawed-off would have markedly less effect than a semiautomatic handgun firing repeatedly in terms of collateral damage, especially if fired indiscriminately.
Quick question: At what point do you consider this conflict "Escalated"? When the robbers started attempting to kill innocent bystanders without provocation, or when someone fired back at them? If your answer is the second option, I'll happily point out why you're wrong after you respond.