UtahJarhead
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My sister lives in Eagan. Over the weekend, her husband woke to find a group of people (later determined to be teenagers) messing with their minivan. This is in the middle of the night, mind you. My brother-in-law does *NOT* carry nor own any guns (I'm working on that part!) confronted them, the typical "WTF YOU DOING?" to which one of the people said "I'll kill you." (exact words) The teens then ran off when my B-i-L approached closer, only to find out the kids were vandalizing the vehicle, not stealing it. The vehicle is parked in the driveway in front of the garage door.
Had this happened in Utah, the kid would more than likely be visiting the Morgue.
What would my sister and B-i-L's options have been assuming he had a handgun? Middle of the night, people around my car, more than one of them, and a verbal "I'll kill you." when confronted.
Knowing only these facts, assume about 20' distance, unknown weapons on the attackers, but none visible. What would the better option be? Warning shot, then prone them until the cops get there? Shoot to maim? To kill? They are 2 parents with 4 kids. I'm leaning towards shoot to kill, but... this stuff's scary when you think about how bad it COULD BE and then find out how bad it wasn't. How would you react in this situation?
The crappy part is apparently the DA refuses to press charges even though they now know who did it and can identify them.
Edit: Sorry, topic title should be 'car vandalized' not threatened.
My sister lives in Eagan. Over the weekend, her husband woke to find a group of people (later determined to be teenagers) messing with their minivan. This is in the middle of the night, mind you. My brother-in-law does *NOT* carry nor own any guns (I'm working on that part!) confronted them, the typical "WTF YOU DOING?" to which one of the people said "I'll kill you." (exact words) The teens then ran off when my B-i-L approached closer, only to find out the kids were vandalizing the vehicle, not stealing it. The vehicle is parked in the driveway in front of the garage door.
Had this happened in Utah, the kid would more than likely be visiting the Morgue.
What would my sister and B-i-L's options have been assuming he had a handgun? Middle of the night, people around my car, more than one of them, and a verbal "I'll kill you." when confronted.
Knowing only these facts, assume about 20' distance, unknown weapons on the attackers, but none visible. What would the better option be? Warning shot, then prone them until the cops get there? Shoot to maim? To kill? They are 2 parents with 4 kids. I'm leaning towards shoot to kill, but... this stuff's scary when you think about how bad it COULD BE and then find out how bad it wasn't. How would you react in this situation?
The crappy part is apparently the DA refuses to press charges even though they now know who did it and can identify them.
Edit: Sorry, topic title should be 'car vandalized' not threatened.