“I’m Going To Shoot This Guy For No Apparent Reason, Okay?”

By Bob Owens

I’ve been on a kick the past few days watching First Person Defender, a series that examines the response of average citizens with limited firearms training when placed in force-on-force scenarios using Simunitions guns.

The most recent one, involving an Army veteran named Raven, is the first where I’ve substantially disagreed with the conclusion drawn by the instructor/host. He approved of her actions in the first scenario as defensible.

I disagree, and think she’d probably end up being charged with a felony charge, probably assault with a deadly weapon or manslaughter.

Let’s go to the film, and I’ll explain my reasoning.

In the first scenario, there is confrontation between two men, and while they are arguing, one shoots the other.

The man on the left has his gun already out, and he fires as the man on the right blades his body and appears to be reaching behind his right hip, possibly for a weapon of his own. The man on the right goes down after he is hit. Raven then draws her gun and takes aim at the man on the left.

He turns slowly towards her, with his gun lowered …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms