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Originally Posted by freshnesschronic
You can shoot someone in the knee and you do NOT have the motive to kill them.
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That, unfortunately, will get to 10 to 20 most of the time. Wouding someone with a lethal weapon puts you in a very difficult and awkward legal situation. The prosecutor will simply use the boilerplate cross examination to make the point that if you really were in fear of your life then you could not possibly deliver a restrained response (making the point that you really weren't in fear of you life) and will prosecute you on that basis.
If you have a gun and someone is trying to kill you then dont' stop shooting until they are dead. Vital areas only.