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This is a Must Read if you use a gun for Self-Defense The Jeff Dykehouse story, Part 1: Read one man's vivid account of the night he used deadly force | MLive.com
Read all of the chapters, its long but educational.
Awesome story, I am happy the good guy won. Jeff's statement, "You don’t have to live on the poor side of town to be a victim of a violent crime." This is the same thing the officer had said to me the night of my recent encounter with the bad guy. Another lesson from
this story always have your pajamas on, you never know when there will be a gunfight in the middle of the night. Home invasions are on the rise, is something I had read somewhere. Hope everyone stays safe.
I agree, someone has to take out the trash....
thanks for sharing that story bob. i enjoyed it and it did have a good ending too and reading his case's law was good reading as well
thanks again
gun control is being able to hit your target
Great story. There is a huge burden of emotional second guessing and the constant replaying of events surrounding a life altering experience. Even in a situation that you know you were right, justified and needed to do what had to be done, you will be tormented with that decision for quite sometime. Take a situation such as this...you may be prepared with the equipment, the training, the knowledge of the laws and your rights and have played numerous scenarios over and over again - but the one thing you can never be prepared for is the emotional aspect of involved with a defensive firearm use. Jeff's story should be a must read for all carry newbies and part of all defensive firearms instruction.
That is exactly what Masood Ayoob says will happen if you have to use deadly force.
Amazon.com: In the Gravest Extreme: The Role of the Firearm in Personal Protection (9780936279008): Massad F. Ayoob: Books
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Maybe I missed it, but where was the part about the pajamas? And what if you don't own any?Originally Posted by superprincess
Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia...Tenche Coxe, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.
It's a good thing that he wasn't going commando
War to the Knife, Knife to the hilt.
If we don't want to live in a trashy area, we all have to be willing to help pick up the trash.
Jeff only had his underwear on when he was going to the police car. I bet that was a sight! I don't know if he owned any pajamas.
I agree, someone has to take out the trash....
Banned
In earthquake country we normally have slippers by our beds. I also have a pair of sweat pants and T-shirt on a nearby chair that I can put on in an earth-shaker too.
But sleeping with clothes on is not healthy for your skin.
Just because I have a 45ACP instead of a spear does not mean I cannot hunt down an intruder like prehistoric man used to do routinely in my skin only.
Some of you must be really shy if you are still sleeping in your 'jammies past age 5 or 10.
Banned
After you blow somebody away, there is plenty of time to put on sweatpants and a T-shirt before the LEOs arrive.
It takes them at least 5 to 10 minutes to get there anyway. That's the whole reason you always need your own handgun with you at all times anyway.
And what ever happened to castle doctrine? Was this a state with no castle doctrine?
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