Thread: Too many cars being stolen for me.

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The video surveillance systems at motels are usually the "do-it-yourself" models from Uncle Billy's Bong-in-a-Box and just show that someone took your car - Well duh - Good video surveillance is not cheap but it's still forensic in that it shows what happened and rarely prevents someone who's decided to commit a crime.

I'm licensed to carry concealed in 33 states and wouldn't hesitate a second to protect my family or another life - but wouldn't draw down on a thief in a motel parking lot or a camp ground due to the potential for collateral liability and damage and I'd never draw unless the next action was to shoot - that's a mighty big decision and as much as I like my stuff - it's not worth a life or me spending the rest of mine in jail.

Too bad 9-1-1 response is not ever fast enough...

Originally Posted by glennsexton

The video surveillance systems at motels are usually the "do-it-yourself" models from Uncle Billy's Bong-in-a-Box and just show that someone took your car - Well duh - Good video surveillance is not cheap but it's still forensic in that it shows what happened and rarely prevents someone who's decided to commit a crime.

I'm licensed to carry concealed in 33 states and wouldn't hesitate a second to protect my family or another life - but wouldn't draw down on a thief in a motel parking lot or a camp ground due to the potential for collateral liability and damage and I'd never draw unless the next action was to shoot - that's a mighty big decision and as much as I like my stuff - it's not worth a life or me spending the rest of mine in jail.

Too bad 9-1-1 response is not ever fast enough...

Glenn,
You said what I was thinking. I am also licensed in 35 states, and while drawing on a thief attempting to make away with my car would be very tempting it is not something that I would actually do. As you state, any time a weapon is drawn it is to be with the intent to fire the weapon and do bodily harm. It would, however, be very tempting to fire one round in a safe direction to send the message that impending doom is nearby....

You guys never heard of throw down weapons? Just kidding.

Don