Here's something that happened to me a while back, and I've only brought it up one time on another forum, but I'd like to know what TFL thinks, so I'll ask here too.
A couple of years ago some punks shot out the windows of the house we were renting as I was sitting under them (some quarter circle windows mounted high on the house).
As the glass began to fall, I had no idea what was happening. Working nights, I was off that Thursday night and I usually stay up on my nights off to keep on my schedule.
So I'm there, in my underwear on the couch playing Forza at 12:30a.m., one of the 30+ lap races, last lap, completely engrossed in the game. Last lap, last turn, with a car two car lengths behind me and closing, so now you get an idea of the situation up till the flying glass.
We had decorative bottles up in the quarter circle windows and the punks were trying to shoot the bottles (high and to the right) and I watched as holes appeared in the glass, big ones, and I could hear air like "pe-thew! pe-thew! pe-thew!" and as soon as I registered that I was under fire, my brain said "silenced firearm" and then things are kinda blurry.
I ended up coming out of the house after about 10 seconds after the shooting stopped, right when the idiots drove back by the house and this time popped my left back door window on my car that was parked in the street.
Bat in hand, (I didn't own any firearms at the time) I chased them for a good 20 or 30 yards down the street while they'd speed up and get to another car parked on the street, slow down, pop the window with the gun and speed up to the next car.
I couldn't catch up to them, so I came back for my car. Had to go inside to get my keys since they weren't in the shorts that I had grabbed and they got away. By then, cops were everywhere and I decided it was just best to go home and not get pulled over with a bat on the passenger seat.
According to the police, who we called immediately after, they had shot up three sub-divisions, mostly car windows. Turned out to be a BB gun, since I found three bb's while vacumming up the glass in the living room.
I know I did alot of stupid things in reaction, but I know in my heart that had I had a firearm that night I would have shot them right at the point they popped my car window, I was still under the impression that they were firing a real gun at my house and family, and at that particular moment I was within 30 or 35 feet of them.
My question is, when they popped my window, if I had returned fire and killed one or more of them, how much trouble would have I been in?
A couple of years ago some punks shot out the windows of the house we were renting as I was sitting under them (some quarter circle windows mounted high on the house).
As the glass began to fall, I had no idea what was happening. Working nights, I was off that Thursday night and I usually stay up on my nights off to keep on my schedule.
So I'm there, in my underwear on the couch playing Forza at 12:30a.m., one of the 30+ lap races, last lap, completely engrossed in the game. Last lap, last turn, with a car two car lengths behind me and closing, so now you get an idea of the situation up till the flying glass.
We had decorative bottles up in the quarter circle windows and the punks were trying to shoot the bottles (high and to the right) and I watched as holes appeared in the glass, big ones, and I could hear air like "pe-thew! pe-thew! pe-thew!" and as soon as I registered that I was under fire, my brain said "silenced firearm" and then things are kinda blurry.
I ended up coming out of the house after about 10 seconds after the shooting stopped, right when the idiots drove back by the house and this time popped my left back door window on my car that was parked in the street.
Bat in hand, (I didn't own any firearms at the time) I chased them for a good 20 or 30 yards down the street while they'd speed up and get to another car parked on the street, slow down, pop the window with the gun and speed up to the next car.
I couldn't catch up to them, so I came back for my car. Had to go inside to get my keys since they weren't in the shorts that I had grabbed and they got away. By then, cops were everywhere and I decided it was just best to go home and not get pulled over with a bat on the passenger seat.
According to the police, who we called immediately after, they had shot up three sub-divisions, mostly car windows. Turned out to be a BB gun, since I found three bb's while vacumming up the glass in the living room.
I know I did alot of stupid things in reaction, but I know in my heart that had I had a firearm that night I would have shot them right at the point they popped my car window, I was still under the impression that they were firing a real gun at my house and family, and at that particular moment I was within 30 or 35 feet of them.
My question is, when they popped my window, if I had returned fire and killed one or more of them, how much trouble would have I been in?
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