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Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Pistol vs. Shotgun in Houston

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“According to police, a man was walking to his car when he spotted a stranger pointing a sawed-off shotgun at him,” abc13.com reports. “The car owner told police that he pulled out his pistol and opened fire on the stranger.” Result?

The shotgun holder was transported to the hospital in stable condition.

According to police, the driver holds a government issued permit to carry a firearm and will not be charged.

Whoa! A government issued permit to carry? So I guess that makes it OK. Which pisses me off.

The mention of the armed defender’s TX LTC suggests that only someone with a government permission slip is or should be “allowed” to shoot someone else trying to take his or her money or life. Or rape or inflict grievous bodily harm.

It sucks that Texas doesn’t have Constitutional Carry. Maybe next time.

Meanwhile, it’s great that we have an example of action beating reaction in a defensive gun use. Not that it’s always a great idea to draw on a drawn gun. But it’s not always great to not do so.

You carry your gun, you takes your chances. Same deal if you don’t.

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Robert Farago is the former publisher of The Truth About Guns (TTAG). He started the site to explore the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns.

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  1. I have a leather RFID wallet and an aluminum RFID blocking wallet. I have 2 RFID cards that have tap and go technology. The RFID cards have a symbol that looks like a wifi symbol turned right 45 degrees

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  2. Go for the simplest ideas first. Shotgun not loaded or on safe or broken. Not a stretch for a criminal to steal a gun and never practice / test it. It is also possible the bad guy got distracted or was high enough his action time was slower then a sober / armed victims reaction time.

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  3. The round has been done before.
    It can be done on 284 win Brass I posted about it in 2013 on Gunco.
    It’s been done.

    As far as this vs a 458 socom or 450 Bushmaster it’s much much more.
    This is a longer round at much higher pressure on a AR10 type platform.
    It’s like a 450 marlin vs a 458 socom that’s at about half the chamber pressure to be AR15 safe.

    A guy who can make a barrel can build a rifle like this for about $600

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  4. Don’t travel to NY, MA, NJ, or CA. Presume those states a ready to arrest you at the border simply for being from another state that isn’t a totalitarian Shit Hole like theirs is.

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    • It’s silly of course but…
      I just had a vision of the State Department issuing a travel warning to citizens seeking to travel in the Slave states.
      ????

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  5. How does the 365 compare with the p320 subcompact? It’s 12+1. Maybe slightly thicker, but I don’t see any significant difference……

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  6. I know this is TTAG and I’m strictly a gun hunter when/if I hunt, but it might be worthwhile for some of you avid hunters to check out archery. Only person I permit to hunt on my land does so with his own home made recurve bow. Lots of respect for him, and I never have to worry about him not being sure of his target or what is behind it.

    Of course you avid hunters aren’t the problem, but you might enjoy the challenge and with less and less undeveloped land east of the Mississippi, a rifle round that is deadly at a mile isn’t as safe as it used to be.

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