CompuServe Messages

Re: Your warning shot to the chest (oxymoron) training, does this apply to private citizens, too? I'm imagining a scenerio in my head here: One evening a dark shadowy figure runs up to Floridian's front door. He opens the door and with his home-protection Smith & Wesson .45 opens fire. Blam! Blam! (2 to the chest), "Stop or I'll shoot!". Aggressor stumbles but no reply. Blam! Blam! (2 to the head). "I mean it you punk!". Aggressor collapses on door-step gasping, "Here's your pizza, sir <gasp>. Terribly sorry about the mess on your doorsteee…eeee….p <croak>." Obituary reads: Pizza delivery driver, Joe Bloggs, a recent immigrant from England made a fatal error in judgement recently. Unaware of the recent "warning shot policy" given to Florida law-enforcement and citizenry, he ran to the door of a law-abiding Florida homeowner in a threatening manner. The homeowner had no choice but to issue the suggested 2 warning shots to the chest, followed by the 2 warning shots to the head. A law enforcement spokesperson stated "this is a very unfortunate, but immigrants must be aware of all current laws, mandates, and policies". The would-be victim, Florida homeowner, Dwayne Pistolpacker, commented: "my wife had ordered pizza, but hadn't told me. It's a shame I had to smoke the kid, but he oughtn't come running at a fella like that. I feel I did the only thing I could under the circumstances."