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Originally Posted by Sig_Dude
That's what I thought. Probably for 99% of the BG's you'd run into, 7 yards is the "unwritten rule", but if some wacko is shooting across your farm with an AK, things are different.
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The 7 yards thing is actually an interpretation of an FBI study that I read about where they found that the average handgun engagement range was 22 feet (~7 yards). Don't quote me on that - I have no sources.
The distance in feet during a deadly force engagement is irrelevant as long as you can justify that use of deadly force. If your life is threatened and the BG is at 20 yards and you can't escape and you are a good enough shot that you hit him and incapacitate or kill him, it is a "good shoot". I don't believe there is an "unwritten rule". Picked off someone from 200 yards with a Remington 700? If they were in the process of raping/shooting/stabbing someone and their was no help in site I'm sure you could convince a jury to believe you with the right jury and right lawyer. He'd better be Johnny Cochrane though.
