Posted on 10/19/2011 9:26:13 AM PDT by DCBryan1
One less piece of human (more than likely sub-human) debris walking around this earth thanks to an armed civilian.
This saved the taxpayers a few hundred thousand dollars at least in courtroom shenanigans and hopefully deprived a scumbag lawyer of a few hundred billable hours.
See #37 as well...
LOL! Nutz.
The perp was carrying a kidnap victim.
I SPECULATE that she may possibly have received training which hypothetically suggested that in such a case, the defending citizen should shoot the perp in the legs to avoid injuring the kidnap victim.
Absolute best advice and I remind my loved ones about it periodically.
Yes... I don’t know if the “I tried to wing him” defense would be so good... a lawyer could really twist that. However, if she said that he was holding the baby in the stroller (around his chest area) then striking him below that point would make sense.
Exsanguination. Thank God, no one thought to apply a tourniquet.
I never thought of that. It could be she pulled the gun, the guy got scared and picked up the stroler and ran with it and the knee was the safest for the kid.
rule # 1 after a shooting:
do NOT talk to police or reporters unless/until you’ve talked to your lawyer and said lawyer is WITH you.
otherwise, you make excited and STUPID statements like this that can/will be used in court of law against you.
I think she was taught to *say* she was aiming for the knee.
“Hit him in the chest? Darn, I was only aiming for his knee.”
That makes sense. She could not shot the center of mass without risking her own child.
lol! “No dear, you have to aim lower, the rounds are still going above the berm. Aim for his knees and see what happens...”
Noting the type of stroller in the picture he might have picked up the stroller to run with it out the door. I used to pick up that type of stroller and carry it through some types of doors and passageways and it is a lot faster than pushing it. If that were the case, shooting center mass might have hit the child. Whatever the case, she hit what she aimed at, brought him down and he bled out with no harm to the child. A happy ending.
It doesn’t matter if a kidnapper is armed.
LOL. one thing most of us here can agree with.
thank God the babies are safe...
1) NO CHARGES! Justified under stand your ground FL statute. Suspect used illegal force of violence "kidnapping" and forfeited his life.
2) Elizabeth shot him with a .45 hornady critical defense JHP 210gr. which exploded in his knee and hit an artery and bled out.
3) Say good night to the bad guy!!
4) It was ALL caught on tape, full color, hi-res, digital.
I could see the logic in that...........
I'm guessing it was a high caliber weapon to make a knee shot fatal. Anyway, I applaud the mama for great gun control.
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