In Delaware County, Ohio (where I lived at the time): A farmer caught 2 or 3 boys syphoning gas from his equipment. As they sped off, he shot at them with a target model 1911. The responding deputies placed him under arrest for numerous law violations, which ended up with his being tried for attempted murder.

During his defense, it was shown that in the Army, he had been an Expert marksman with a 1911 and that he was trying to stop their getting away. The 7 shots all struck the car in the area of the right rear tire, including 2 in the hub cap. The jury of 12 of my fellow rural county citizens found him NOT GUILTY!

Ivan