Jim if you have ever done any Dove hunting in your life, you have been sprinkled with buckshot. I have had idiots shoot at lowflying Doves directly across the field from me. I can't count the number of times I have been sprinkled with birdshot and it does not hurt. A falling rifle bullet such as a 30/30 would hurt and probably kill you if it hit you in the head. If one lives in a densely populated subdivision, it is not a good idea to fir off any weapon because of the chance of collateral damage although I understand why the man did it. If I lived in the country like I used I and wish I still did, I would not hesitate for a moment to pull out my Remington 870 3 1/2" magnum and blow that thing into a million pieces,
Mike
Hi Mike! Yes I've done a bit of bird hunting in my life, maybe not a much as so many others. I guess my point was to give consideration to a scenario where a family / kids playing in their back yard or field in back of their house get peppered with shot, be it #9 or #00!! I wouldn't be a very happy camper whether city or country. Yet, I'll grant you the likely hood of a critical injury is ever so slight I don't believe you'd want to "green light" any behavior that would ever place one of your loved ones or even just your friends/neighbors loved ones at risk and I honestly believe in the right of any person to defend their privacy and property .... within reasonable civilized limits. It's finding a viable definition to the term "reasonable civilized limits".
As a kid my dad believed and taught that my rights end "at the tip of my nose"!! In other words, my physical body .... touch it with the intent to harm it and it would be my right and responsibility to respond anyway necessary .... other than that I have no right to strike out, wouldn't you agree??. Sixty six years and successful career into retirement and in all things that teaching seems to have served me well. It kept me from too many fights (as a kid) and out of the courts and the jails as an adult.
Carelessness and lack of concern for the safety of others has caused more arguments, strife and heartache resulting in all too many, all too late apologies across society and just because one person is thoughtless or self seeking, does that give another the "right" to get even, to take matters into their own hand, to risk anyone else or their property because of the need to seek vengeance, or put the wrong doer in their place? I'm just asking because each and every person has to make their own split second decision based on their mindset at the moment .... I just hope it's the correct decision because the wrong decision can land one behind bars just like the subject of this thread, wouldn't you agree??
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