RN> AP> I agree... 9mm just doesn't knock the bad guy down enough.  I
RN> AP> prefer a .45.  Although I am quite fond of my antique Colt 1911
RN> AP> which was the thing back in um... 1911.

RN>It is sometimes not necessary to pull the trigger.  Pulling the slide back o
RN>Colt .45 is scary enough and if that doesn't work, a shot in the air will
RN>usually suffice.  It is important to know what you're up against in that
RN>situation, so if the first two suggestions aren't going to work and you know
RN>it, your course of action would be to fire at the brioadest part of the body
RN>front of you.  On that note, there are some wannabe ballistic experts who wo
RN>tell you that wouldn't knock the bad guy backwards.


Bad advice.  Racking a slide has been considered an aggressive gesture
by a court -- so much so that the other guy can claim self defense.

As for firing a warning shot, a gun is not a bullhorn, a newspaper, a TV
or any other means of communication.  When you fire a shot, you are
using deadly force.  When you fire a warning shot, you are admitting you
had no justification for using deadly force.

And where is that shot fired in the air going to come down?
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