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Originally Posted by Lycanthrope
If you pause to see if the shot is effective........
Lycanyou'redeadthrope
Hammer like hell until it's obvious.
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Lol, I like this answer Lycan. I agree with everyone here, if you have to draw a firearm to defend yourself, then you're already to the point where you feel your life is threatened. If you have doubts about that, then you probably shouldn't have your pistol out of it's holster, etc. Bad things happen when people depend on hitting small targets in stressful situations.
I did want to mention something though. There are some people that would like to "try" to "hit to wound" and not have as high of a probability of mortality. I suppose because this is the person's choice to do so, and since they are putting their life in jeopardy, I will mention this. There are some people that prefer to aim for the "pelvic girdle". This means that you would basically be aiming at the torso, below the belly button. If you hit someone in the pelvis, it will break and it makes it very difficult to walk, run, etc. Keep in mind that you could run into several different arteries (femoral, possibly renal, etc). This means that the person could still die, or could be maimed/crippled for the rest of their life. You will have to deal with the ramifications of that shot, and in most states, the civil lawsuits and care of someone if they were permanently disabled. I personally would choose to shoot COM, and if needed a bit higher. If one is so inclined though, this offers this higher hit probability over an appendage; while offering a slightly smaller margin of fatality. It should be noted that you're shooting at a target that is less than half the size of COM (probably more like 1/3 or 1/4), so this is a much more difficult shot to make.