This comes up often. What do you do when you point your gun at a bad guy, make demands and he doesn't follow those demands? The only correct answer is to shoot him. However, if the situation didn't necessitate him being shot, you're now the aggressor and headed to prison.
Never bring your gun out until you need to shoot. There is no exception to this.
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Originally Posted by rosewood
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Originally Posted by mikerjf
I've read several incident reports where warning shots were successful against bears and vicious dogs. Anyone have any concerns to add about warning shots against animals?
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Good question, I wonder what folks would say about you scaring the critter off in lieu of killing it. You can easily fire a warning shot into the ground safely.
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It's a good question, but terrible advice. Warning shots are always bad. No, shooting into the ground is not safe. You could strike a rock or some other object and the resulting ricochet could kill someone or even the animal you intended to scare. If you want to scare an animal, make a loud noise, yell, clap, use an air horn, whatever, but do not take a warning shot. Again, if it's dangerous enough to require you to have your gun out, only use the gun to stop the animal.
Warning shots are always bad.