I was sitting around and doing a bit of dry fire practice and decided to pull out a couple of the Videos I have on shooting and rewatch them as I haven't done so for a few years .
The last one I watched was Night Master "Low Light" Shooting & Flashlight Techniques , it is a Lenny Magill production with Bill Wilson and Ken Hackathorn doing the instructing and demonstrations in the film .
As usual Ken Hackathorn "Being the professional he is" talks about the subject of a persons legal responsibilities and possible ramifications should a person use the techniques or fail to which are being demonstrated in an actual shooting .
Watching this for the first time got me to thinking seriously on how one could perhaps prove to a Prosecutor or Civil Attorney about to sue us for everything we're worth after a shooting or ruin our lives with a criminal conviction .
Now most people know that at least one well know Trainer "Massod Ayoob" will Testify as an expert witness on your behalf after you have complete one of his classes "Or at least this is what I have read" and perhaps many others will also .
But what about those of us who have never attended such training and as a matter of fact even those that have ?
In todays day of age there it would be very easy with the help of a couple of friends or family members to make video tapes of ourselves showing that we can and do indeed make fast decisions as far as shoot don't shoot situations/targets go as well as the fact that we practice safe gun handling such as moving from room to room with our finger off of the trigger and only engage when it is called for by a "Bad Guy" target .
Now this last part might sound a bit odd but I once read an article by a Expert who's name I can't recall at the moment that if you are involved in a home defense shooting and the Criminal lives or has a family who sues you an attorney will try anything they can to win the case and if they think they can convince a jury you didn't really shoot on purpose they can use laws called "Tort Laws" to attempt to win a huge amount of money via a civil suit .
With so many cheap otherwise still picture cameras having a video feature there really isn't a good excuse to not try to document such training and have proof positive that a Jury can see that you indeed are a safe shooter and perhaps get you a not guilty verdict rather than a guilty one because some of the jurors all assume everyone with a gun is some irresponsible drunk or jerk wanting to kill someone in their house .
When you think about it I bet you even expert witness such as a the training officer at the Police Academy or Expertly run class such as LFI all comes down to nothing but that persons testimony of how you performed which is of course subject to that persons opinion and not something that a jury can see for themselves .
Perhaps these Schools might even consider starting to make tapes of their students performance if they do not already .
If this doesn't belong in S&T I apologize to the MoDs and respectfully request they put it where it belongs .
The last one I watched was Night Master "Low Light" Shooting & Flashlight Techniques , it is a Lenny Magill production with Bill Wilson and Ken Hackathorn doing the instructing and demonstrations in the film .
As usual Ken Hackathorn "Being the professional he is" talks about the subject of a persons legal responsibilities and possible ramifications should a person use the techniques or fail to which are being demonstrated in an actual shooting .
Watching this for the first time got me to thinking seriously on how one could perhaps prove to a Prosecutor or Civil Attorney about to sue us for everything we're worth after a shooting or ruin our lives with a criminal conviction .
Now most people know that at least one well know Trainer "Massod Ayoob" will Testify as an expert witness on your behalf after you have complete one of his classes "Or at least this is what I have read" and perhaps many others will also .
But what about those of us who have never attended such training and as a matter of fact even those that have ?
In todays day of age there it would be very easy with the help of a couple of friends or family members to make video tapes of ourselves showing that we can and do indeed make fast decisions as far as shoot don't shoot situations/targets go as well as the fact that we practice safe gun handling such as moving from room to room with our finger off of the trigger and only engage when it is called for by a "Bad Guy" target .
Now this last part might sound a bit odd but I once read an article by a Expert who's name I can't recall at the moment that if you are involved in a home defense shooting and the Criminal lives or has a family who sues you an attorney will try anything they can to win the case and if they think they can convince a jury you didn't really shoot on purpose they can use laws called "Tort Laws" to attempt to win a huge amount of money via a civil suit .
With so many cheap otherwise still picture cameras having a video feature there really isn't a good excuse to not try to document such training and have proof positive that a Jury can see that you indeed are a safe shooter and perhaps get you a not guilty verdict rather than a guilty one because some of the jurors all assume everyone with a gun is some irresponsible drunk or jerk wanting to kill someone in their house .
When you think about it I bet you even expert witness such as a the training officer at the Police Academy or Expertly run class such as LFI all comes down to nothing but that persons testimony of how you performed which is of course subject to that persons opinion and not something that a jury can see for themselves .
Perhaps these Schools might even consider starting to make tapes of their students performance if they do not already .
If this doesn't belong in S&T I apologize to the MoDs and respectfully request they put it where it belongs .
