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You and your wife are out for a walk. It’s getting dark. You’re legally carrying a concealed pistol. A car pulls up beside you. You see what looks like an barrel start coming out the window, hear what sounds like a surpressed weapon firing, and feel pain in your legs and abdomen as you’re hit.

Do you draw your weapon and defend yourself?

What happens when you find out it was kids that just shot you with an AR-15 replica paintball gun?

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I'm sure that whatever you decide, it'll be construed as wrong in LA.
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Any number of people have been shot for pointing toy guns at people and for the most part the shootings have been ruled justified.

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You could ask the dead dude in Portland if bringing bear spray to a gunfight was a good idea. Or you could ask the guy who shot him for being sprayed, then got shot by police.

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You edited your post. I thought your first response was really good advise. I wish i would have quoted it before you changed it.
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A paintball gun that can penetrate a car door?
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Lost me. You’re walking on the sidewalk. The barrel of the paintball gun is being pointed out the window of the car as they shoot you on the sidewalk. Not sure where door penetration comes in.
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You could ask the dead dude in Portland if bringing bear spray to a gunfight was a good idea. Or you could ask the guy who shot him for being sprayed, then got shot by police.
You’re conflating what police are now saying was a targeted assassination during 100 days of continuous rioting with a random drive by shooting where the weapon ended up being a paintball gun.

In the Portland case, if you want to step back up the causal chain looking for a root cause, if the self appointed police commissioner along with the county attorney had put a stop to the civil unrest 100 days ago both men would be alive.
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With what's going on in todays society, protest, riots, unprovoked personal attacks on people, I'm afraid I would probably return fire. It's a shame that this is what the world has come to now. :-( But I'll have to say it would depend on the location I would be in. Big city or a small rural area, time of day, what has been happening lately in the area I was in. Many things to consider in a short period of time, makes this kind of decision difficult.

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I think I would have used my sidearm to defend myself and my wife, but I do not live out there in LA-LA Land, where it is more of a Bizarro World.

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So shooting a paintball gun on a public street is a felony, odds are that you would have to defend your actions before a judge and possibly a jury, but I expect you would be exonerated. *

* This is not intended to be legal advice, I am not an attorney nor a spokesperson for an attorney.
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I've been shot with paintballs, never bullets, but I am sure there is a big dff in pain receptors. Besides, you shouldnt be walking in LA or any major city after dark.
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Anyone who lives in Kern, San Bernardino, Ventura, Orange, San Diego, ...etc, County. Police and Sheriff's Deputies included.

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You edited your post. I thought your first response was really good advise. I wish i would have quoted it before you changed it.
Thanks. I thought that it was bordering on legal advice, so I thought that I'd tone it down a bit. As a former LEO, I'm a bit gun shy to civil torts.
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I've shot with paintballs, never bulleys, but I am sure there is a big dff in pain receptors.
I'm assuming you meant "bullets".

My dad was shot in the chest with a .32-20 out of a Model 92 Winchester. He didn't feel anything other than the impact, like getting hit with a hammer. He didn't even feel pain an hour or so later when a doctor was probing the wound. The pain came later during the healing process.

Now...I know that's not typical, but the point here is that the shock and trauma from a gun shot wound can vary a lot. Add in a healthy shot of adrenaline and it's very likely that you or I might not feel any immediate pain from a gun shot either.

I think the scenario the OP describes is plausible, and with the prevalence of suppressors on the rise, I wouldn't rule out someone shooting bullets and automatically assume paintballs. I'm also a pilot and losing an eye to a paintball traveling at 175 fps is not just "serious bodily injury" but also potentially career ending.

In short, if someone starts shooting at me and my wife, I'll return fire while moving my wife and I toward cover.
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Without any political commentary, I don't care whether you're in LA, NYC, Dallas, or Podunk Holler. I didn't see the original post before it was amended. Still, no political issues follow.

Assumption 1 for this post. You are legally carrying a handgun.

Assumption 2 for this post. You literally see a handgun being pointed at you, regardless if it's out of a car window or a doorway; whatever.

Assumption 3 for this post. The handgun you saw fires and you are hit and you know that you are hit. (This is actually almost irrelevant!)

Firing a weapon in self defense is always justified. It is justified in defense of third parties as well. Never mind the twisting of justification by the political motivations of the local DA, Sheriff, or Police Chief. Keep it simple for this post.

YES, you pull your weapon. Legal. Period. A lawful "movement" under the circumstances.

YES, you are justified in firing your weapon. Legal. A lawful "movement" or action permissible under the circumstances.

The law does not require you to make a determination if the bone head threatening you is using a toy or a real weapon. If you feel there is a threat of death or serious bodily harm you are justified in pulling your self defense tool and then using it.

It's really quite that simple. Anything else is superfluous commentary.

And being hit by rubber bullets or paintball pellets is irrelevant. Your immediate perception rules.

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The OP poses a good scenario.
I stopped being out and about after sunset (about 5 years ago) unless it is an ABSOLUTE necessity. Living on the outskirts of a city where there is a shooting almost every day within a 2-8 mile radius of me,it seems like a good idea.

I would think that the reaction time between realizing you are about to be/or are shot by whatever weapon would negate any meaningful response by you. In a drive by shooting, the car is moving and after the shooter fires,the car speeds away leaving you with no time for any action even if your able. JMO
I believe that my response would be get to the ground as fast as possible (intentional or not). This would provide a smaller target if the shooter continues to shoot.

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When I walk around here, I carry spray.
As a resident of LA county, I cannot hold a CCW. Probably good for them.
We have had bouts of dumbasses riding around in cars with paintball guns. Most homes have "rings" that record and most everyone has a cellphone that records video. The homes in front of me have surveillance.
Some of them have been caught.

Would I shoot them for getting hit with a paintball. No. That seems excessive. I'd get my phone out and record the plates.
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As noted, my ccw is good in all the leftist cities. I generally choose not to go to any of them after dark. Though I routinely take my dog for a walk at night in my city but it isnt LA or Oakland or SanBernadino. Yes I generally ccw, but its for a dog or coyote encounter if my dog cant handle it. I do not worry about heing attacked by people in most places. The ccw is a just in case thing like a seatbelt.
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I'm assuming you meant "bullets".

My dad was shot in the chest with a .32-20 out of a Model 92 Winchester. He didn't feel anything other than the impact, like getting hit with a hammer. He didn't even feel pain an hour or so later when a doctor was probing the wound. The pain came later during the healing process.

Now...I know that's not typical, but the point here is that the shock and trauma from a gun shot wound can vary a lot. Add in a healthy shot of adrenaline and it's very likely that you or I might not feel any immediate pain from a gun shot either.

I think the scenario the OP describes is plausible, and with the prevalence of suppressors on the rise, I wouldn't rule out someone shooting bullets and automatically assume paintballs. I'm also a pilot and losing an eye to a paintball traveling at 175 fps is not just "serious bodily injury" but also potentially career ending.

In short, if someone starts shooting at me and my wife, I'll return fire while moving my wife and I toward cover.
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Unless some dork froze the panballs, they sting a bit, nothing like a hammer blow though. If shot with a paintball I wont be returnimg fire.
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I've been shot with paintballs, never bullets, but I am sure there is a big dff in pain receptors. Besides, you shouldnt be walking in LA or any major city after dark.
In the USA it should be a reasonable thought that you can walk on a public street, even at night, without fear of being shot. Alas, this is not true anymore.


In CA an assault must meet three criteria in order to legally use deadly force to counter it:
  1. The assault must be intentional.
  2. The assault must be imminent.
  3. The force used to counter it must be necessary.

If someone was on the street and accidentally fired a paintball gun and it hit you, it's no intentional. If they shoulder the gun and fire, then it's intentional.

If you're being hit by a projectile fired from a gun, the assault is past imminent and meets the second criteria.

The question comes down to, did you have to use deadly force to counter the assault? If you believe the gun is real and another person in a similar situation, who has average skill and awareness, also believes it was real, then deadly force is justified.
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Unless some dork froze the panballs, they sting a bit, nothing like a hammer blow though. If shot with a paintball I wont be returnimg fire.
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In the totality of circumstances I don't think my (or anyone's) mind would work fast enough to think "Those are paintballs."

MY EXPERIENCE

1. I'm not walking around LA after dark. I used to when I was younger but I'm older and wiser now. So I'm not there anyway.

2. You come rolling up and stop right next to me and I'm going to assume it's an ambush and I'm at least going to begin to respond in kind. At the very least I'm going to be reaching for my gun. Add to that that I'm seeing (what looks like) a gun poke out the window. I don't think my brain is going to catch up fast enough to stop me from shooting.

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Based on the post below, you do not have or use autocorrect . . .

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Unless some dork froze the panballs, they sting a bit, nothing like a hammer blow though. If shot with a paintball I wont be returnimg fire.
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Had a similar encounter years ago. Car full of kids with a realistic looking squirt gun shot it through my open driver's side window. Frankly, they were gone before I could react. Took awhile for my heart rate to go down even though it was almost immediately apparent there was no lethal threat.
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You’re conflating what police are now saying was a targeted assassination during 100 days of continuous rioting with a random drive by shooting where the weapon ended up being a paintball gun.
Not at all. Someone using nonlethal force (bear spray) in Portland got turned off immediately by someone using lethal force. The lethal force user was charged with 2nd degree murder and got turned off by arresting officers near his home.

A marginal shooting will very likely get you charged; maybe you'll eventually get acquitted, maybe not. Your defense will cost about what a nice used Cessna 172 would. Maybe you'll prevail in the later wrongful death suit, but likely not. That response will cost you even more.

Not shooting people is better, both for police and civilians.

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Let me walk through this... you and yours have been fired upon and hit. In the drive by scenario, it's unlikely you'll have a shot... they are likely gone. If they are stationary, and you are still under the muzzle... your best move would be to cover first. Secondarily drawing as you can. You have no opportunity to evaluate the injuries, if any. Paint ball or live ammo? As soon as possible, you should investigate the wounds and render first aid.
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It’s definitely something you may need to consider but anybody who would shoot anything at anybody these days are not thinking clearly.
I couldn’t say what I would do until it happened.
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Just a bit South of Los Angeles, it is my understanding that over 20,000 Orange County residents have permits.
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Without any political commentary, I don't care whether you're in LA, NYC, Dallas, or Podunk Holler. I didn't see the original post before it was amended. Still, no political issues follow.

Assumption 1 for this post. You are legally carrying a handgun.

Assumption 2 for this post. You literally see a handgun being pointed at you, regardless if it's out of a car window or a doorway; whatever.

Assumption 3 for this post. The handgun you saw fires and you are hit and you know that you are hit. (This is actually almost irrelevant!)

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YES, you pull your weapon. Legal. Period. A lawful "movement" under the circumstances.

YES, you are justified in firing your weapon. Legal. A lawful "movement" or action permissible under the circumstances.

The law does not require you to make a determination if the bone head threatening you is using a toy or a real weapon. If you feel there is a threat of death or serious bodily harm you are justified in pulling your self defense tool and then using it.

It's really quite that simple. Anything else is superfluous commentary.

And being hit by rubber bullets or paintball pellets is irrelevant. Your immediate perception rules.

And yes, that's my free legal opinion and I have a law license hanging on my wall. I just waved at it to see if it was awake. It is.
And:

In some jurisdictions anything that discharges a projectile using compressed air or spring pressure is considered a "firearm"!

Heard it from a friend!

P.S. Orange County, CA: A bicyclist was shot by joyriding teens with a paintball gun. The bicyclist lost control and fell off hitting his head and died. I don't recall the exact disposition of the case but I recall it didn't end well for the perpetrators.

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You and your wife are out for a walk. It’s getting dark. You’re legally carrying a concealed pistol. A car pulls up beside you. You see what looks like an barrel start coming out the window, hear what sounds like a surpressed weapon firing, and feel pain in your legs and abdomen as you’re hit.

Do you draw your weapon and defend yourself?

What happens when you find out it was kids that just shot you with an AR-15 replica paintball gun?

Paintball shootings in Los Angeles on the rise and concerning police | Fox News
What is the point in 'carrying' if you aren't going to use it to defend yourself in a situation that an reasonable person would view as an attack?
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A key component part of common sense is the determination and mitigation of risk. In this scenario, I would have stayed home.

Walk after dark? Consider a treadmill if that's your only option.
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The ccw is a just in case thing like a seatbelt.

Isn't that the reason that most people carry? "Just in case."
That is the only reason I go through the dress around the gun thing.
If there was no possibility of anyone threating me or my wife,
why would I need to carry?
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In my opinion responding to being shot by returning fire to protect your and your wife's lives isn't unreasonable.

Expecting the attacked person to instantly evaluate whether they have been shot by kids with a paint ball or a chunk of lead is unreasonable.

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draw while hitting the deck
(greatly reduces available area for return fire / most would assume you are done for when you drop, little do they know you train to fire from that position)

empty carry piece into perp without missing a beat

reload

stand up

dust off

call for the meat wagon
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In the USA it should be a reasonable thought that you can walk on a public street, even at night, without fear of being shot. Alas, this is not true anymore.


In CA an assault must meet three criteria in order to legally use deadly force to counter it:
  1. The assault must be intentional.
  2. The assault must be imminent.
  3. The force used to counter it must be necessary.

If someone was on the street and accidentally fired a paintball gun and it hit you, it's no intentional. If they shoulder the gun and fire, then it's intentional.

If you're being hit by a projectile fired from a gun, the assault is past imminent and meets the second criteria.

The question comes down to, did you have to use deadly force to counter the assault? If you believe the gun is real and another person in a similar situation, who has average skill and awareness, also believes it was real, then deadly force is justified.
Well sure but reality says you shouldnt walk in NYC or Chicago or Oakand or LA at night. Again, I foubt I start putting rounds on a person shooting me with paintballs. Then again, that exact scenario hasnt happened.
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Isn't that the reason that most people carry? "Just in case."
That is the only reason I go through the dress around the gun thing.
If there was no possibility of anyone threating me or my wife,
why would I need to carry?
Wel I agree but imo, at least 50% of those ccw dont practice & have almost zero skill. So they carry it like a rabbits foot, to feel comfy. I dont feel I need a gun, I just like being prepared. Yet I train & practice I have taken a trauma course, carry a fire ext in my car & a med kit. Being prepared is just incase.
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If we're talking about Los Angeles city and county (because of the article) ...

If the LASD sheriff holds true to his comments about a 400% increase in CCW licenses for 2020, there may be a whopping 1000 licenses issued this year. In a county of more than 10,000,000 people (not including visitors).

I haven't kept up on the LAPD issuance of CCW's, but I'd not be surprised to learn it numbers this year in the low or middle double digits.

That said, unless someone is visiting from out-of-town or county, and has had a CCW license issued by from another county/city, the odds of someone in Los Angeles County or city being lawfully armed with a concealed handgun ... and being in the wrong place at the wrong time to be selected as a paintball shooting victim by some idiot going a drive-by paintball shooting ... probably makes this a moot (or very low incidence) question.

Now, shooting paint balls at an (unknowingly) armed criminal on the street? Uh huh. A statistical blip in the reported crimes.

Shooting at an off-duty cop? If the off-duty cop thinks he/she's been shot by bullets, and doesn't realize it's a paint ball shooting? Paperwork will likely ensue, no matter which way it goes.

Who goes walking in much of Los Angeles after dark, anyway?
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