Bad DGU? Las Vegas Concealed Carrier Shoots At Car Thief, But Was It Worth It?

By Brandon Curtis

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — DGU stands for ‘Defensive Gun Use’ and from time to time we will take a closer look at an incident to decide whether or not the use of deadly force was justified.

We won’t even call it justified in this case, but rather, was the firing of a gun by an armed citizen the best course of action to take? Let’s take a look at what happened:

The man whose car was stolen pulled into a parking lot just before 10 p.m. at 251 N. Nellis Blvd., near Stewart Avenue, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. David Gordon said. He got out of his 2014 white Ford to throw out some trash, leaving the car door open and the engine running.

Upon returning to his car, he found another man sitting in the driver’s seat, Gordon said, and the man behind the wheel pulled out a gun. The car owner, whom Gordon said was a licensed concealed carrier, then pulled out his own gun and shot at the man behind the wheel.

In the end, the bad guy got away –with the car– and it isn’t clear if he was shot. The armed citizen in this case was injured …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation