Originally Posted By: OldTurtleI can only relate a true story from the Missouri State Highway Patrol....
Several years ago, one of our Troopers was stopping a stolen car along I-70...The suspect driver bailed out and took off across an open field at a high rate of speed..
The Trooper exited his vehicle with his shotgun, loaded with 00 Buck (normal) and in an attempt to get the guy to stop, fired a warning shot with the shotgun in the air...
One pellet from the round struck the suspect in the top rear of his head and killed him on the spot...Distance - 497 Yards...Trooper was cleared of deadly force use due to the circumstances that dictated it was not a foreseeable result in the occurrence...
I realize that the .32" round pellet is probably heavier than either a .22 or .17 bullet, but not something I would want to take a chance with...I was always taught that a pound of feathers falls at the same rate as a pound of lead.....
One of the four common gun safety rules is to never point the gun at anything you are unwilling to destroy. As freak of an incident as this was for that officer and suspect it demonstrates how sound a principle that gun safety rule really is.
