Legit Self Defense Shooting?

[CarpeDiem3 0]

Headline: "Minn. man says he 'fired more shots than I needed'"

Quote: "Smith said he was in his basement when he heard a window breaking upstairs, followed by footsteps that eventually approached the basement stairwell. Smith said he fired when Brady came into view from the waist down. After the teen fell down the stairs, Smith said he shot him in the face as he lay on the floor. "I want him dead," the complaint quoted Smith telling an investigator. Smith said he dragged Brady's body into his basement workshop, then sat down on his chair. After a few minutes, Kifer began coming down the stairs and he shot her as soon as her hips appeared, he said. After shooting her with both the Mini 14 and the .22-caliber revolver, he dragged her next to Brady. With her still gasping for air, he fired a shot under her chin "up into the cranium," the complaint says. "Smith described it as 'a good clean finishing shot,'" according to the complaint."

http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Minn-man-says-he-fired-more-shots-than-I-needed-4065913.php

Let's see how many of you gun nuts will defend these murders as justifiable.

[matthewcline 0]

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Headline: "Minn. man says he 'fired more shots than I needed'"

Quote: "Smith said he was in his basement when he heard a window breaking upstairs, followed by footsteps that eventually approached the basement stairwell. Smith said he fired when Brady came into view from the waist down. After the teen fell down the stairs, Smith said he shot him in the face as he lay on the floor. "I want him dead," the complaint quoted Smith telling an investigator. Smith said he dragged Brady's body into his basement workshop, then sat down on his chair. After a few minutes, Kifer began coming down the stairs and he shot her as soon as her hips appeared, he said. After shooting her with both the Mini 14 and the .22-caliber revolver, he dragged her next to Brady. With her still gasping for air, he fired a shot under her chin "up into the cranium," the complaint says. "Smith described it as 'a good clean finishing shot,'" according to the complaint."

http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Minn-man-says-he-fired-more-shots-than-I-needed-4065913.php

Let's see how many of you gun nuts will defend these murders as justifiable.

Nope, he went to far. He should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

The initial shots that STOPPED the threat, sure, good to go, the follow ups, not even close to legal. IMO

Matt

An Instructors first concern is student safety.
So, start being safe, first!!!

[billvon 3,120]

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