Why Texas > California. Car thief whooped! - Page 12 - Honda-Tech

fatboy1185 · 11-06-2009, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ActiveAero

Go stand 100' away from someone firing 00 buckshot and let me know how it compares to a BB gun.

Lol at the people who've never shot a shot gun. 100ft a shot gun will mess you up good.

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Knightsport · 11-06-2009, 11:44 PM

To be fair I bird hunt all the time and it's not unusual to get "peppered" on a smaller field from roughly 50 yards or more but 100' is only 33 yards. That's pretty damn close for comfort, especially when you aren't catching an arc but a direct shot. lol

idrivesideways · 11-07-2009, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Knightsport

To be fair I bird hunt all the time and it's not unusual to get "peppered" on a smaller field from roughly 50 yards or more but 100' is only 33 yards. That's pretty damn close for comfort, especially when you aren't catching an arc but a direct shot. lol

or it was a slug and she made a crack shot

Knightsport · 11-07-2009, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by idrivesideways

or it was a slug and she made a crack shot

She did have the high ground.......

George Knighton · 11-07-2009, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Frozen E

What I want to know is how she killed the guy with a shotgun from 20 feet up.

Maybe if she was shooting straight down at the guy from the 2nd floor she'd be able to kill him.

But this is from a 2nd story balcony into a parking lot. At best the guy was probably 100' away. Wouldn't a shotgun scatter the shot so much at that distance that each pellet it would do little more damage than a decent BB gun?

I don't think we know what kind of gun it was (other than a shotgun) or what kind of ammunition it was.

But with most of the combinations that are generally available at retail, the shot would be a relatively easy one for somebody acquainted with shotguns, and somebody whose adrenalin had not overcome her ability to take aim and act calmly.

I mean, I doubt it was a 10 gauge goose gun.

It was more likely a 12 gauge brush gun of the variety that people normally have in their homes.

Bishop Don Shizzle · 11-08-2009, 11:54 AM

I'm torn. On the one hand I think it's freaking awesome that a pregnant woman just manned up, pulled out her shotgun, and hit a target 100' away.

However on the other hand I don't think this woman was really in danger and while her property may have been stolen, it doesn't seem like she did anything to at least scare the guy off before she shot him.

Akuma · 11-08-2009, 12:07 PM

That's pretty tough.

Poor desperate guy resorts to crime. Tries to break into a car to steal a stereo faceplate, and a couple of cds.

Guess what?

DEAD.

SoTexDC2 · 11-08-2009, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Bishop Don Shizzle

However on the other hand I don't think this woman was really in danger and while her property may have been stolen, it doesn't seem like she did anything to at least scare the guy off before she shot him.

I don't like that particular argument about firing warning shots, or trying to scare the thief away. You have to always assume that a criminal is armed. If the lady fired a warning shot, that would have given the criminal a chance to pull a gun and return fire.

No doubt the situation had a tragic ending, and I don't think anyone should have died. But again, we don't know enough of the particulars.

mtpktz. · 11-08-2009, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Akuma

That's pretty tough.

Poor desperate guy resorts to crime. Tries to break into a car to steal a stereo faceplate, and a couple of cds.

Guess what?

DEAD.

Good. Don't steal.

TOAB · 11-08-2009, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Frozen E

What I want to know is how she killed the guy with a shotgun from 20 feet up.

Maybe if she was shooting straight down at the guy from the 2nd floor she'd be able to kill him.

But this is from a 2nd story balcony into a parking lot. At best the guy was probably 100' away. Wouldn't a shotgun scatter the shot so much at that distance that each pellet it would do little more damage than a decent BB gun?

Depends on what she's shooting, and the choke I suppose. Not big on shotguns, but I definitely wouldn't want to be standing in front of one when it went off from 100'.

Akuma · 11-08-2009, 01:35 PM

yeah, it wasn't necessarily buckshot.

could have been a big bullet.

ActiveAero · 11-08-2009, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Knightsport

To be fair I bird hunt all the time and it's not unusual to get "peppered" on a smaller field from roughly 50 yards or more but 100' is only 33 yards. That's pretty damn close for comfort, especially when you aren't catching an arc but a direct shot. lol

Well as you know birdshot is not buckshot. Buckshot at only 30yrds = dead.

Then we have slugs which are more than deadly out to 100+yrds, let alone 30 lol.

ingrate · 11-08-2009, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by mtpktz.

Good. Don't steal.

Not that I feel bad for the thief or anything, but last time I checked, the punishment for stealing was not the death penalty...

mrdeadman · 11-08-2009, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ingrate

Not that I feel bad for the thief or anything, but last time I checked, the punishment for stealing was not the death penalty...

He knew the risks especially since that asshole lived in Texas. He decided whatever he was stealing was worth more than his life.
Case close!

xtrac1 · 11-08-2009, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by mrdeadman

Case close!

crawdad689 · 11-08-2009, 04:22 PM

any updates on this case?

11-06-2009, 11:44 PM	#277
Knightsport There can be only one Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Arlington, TX, USA Posts: 27,465	Re: Why Texas > California. Car thief whooped! To be fair I bird hunt all the time and it's not unusual to get "peppered" on a smaller field from roughly 50 yards or more but 100' is only 33 yards. That's pretty damn close for comfort, especially when you aren't catching an arc but a direct shot. lol __________________ As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.-Vidal

11-08-2009, 11:54 AM	#281
Bishop Don Shizzle The Bishop is back Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: 626, So Cal Posts: 13,619	Re: Why Texas > California. Car thief whooped! I'm torn. On the one hand I think it's freaking awesome that a pregnant woman just manned up, pulled out her shotgun, and hit a target 100' away. However on the other hand I don't think this woman was really in danger and while her property may have been stolen, it doesn't seem like she did anything to at least scare the guy off before she shot him.

11-08-2009, 04:22 PM	#291
crawdad689 Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Big Apple, NY, USA Posts: 1,900	Re: Why Texas > California. Car thief whooped! any updates on this case? __________________ Give me IB or give me death!

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