A post submitted by CGI member Dave68.

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2024 has been a year from hell, with just about every SHTF scenario imaginable playing out in real life.

Being a prepper, it is our job to learn what this means for each of us personally, and how to best handle civil unrest in our town, state or country.

If you are driving your car and the thugs try to do violence against you, your best weapon is probably a high-capacity 9mm pistol. I don’t like the idea of shooting out my own windows because the windows are a barrier against the looters and rioters. However, if one of them breaks a window, then they have committed an act that justifies the use of force in self-defense. I would recommend shooting through the broken window at anyone who is close to the car. Having a high-capacity pistol means not needing to reload as often while you are trying to drive. A 9mm typically has less penetration than the other popular pistol calibers made for high capacity pistols, namely .40 S&W and .45 ACP. The lower penetration means less chance of your bullets going through the attackers and hitting an innocent bystander.

In that situation you still need to be concerned about two huge issues.

Shooting under those conditions will be horrifying. Your aim won’t be good, and you’ll probably need to shoot one-handed. While you want high capacity to avoid reloads, you don’t want to shoot indiscriminately. In most jurisdictions, you are legally responsible for every round you fire. If you miss an attacker and the bullet hits an innocent person down the street, you could be prosecuted. Personally, I think the rioters and looters should be held legally responsible for everything that happens in a riot. If I were in charge and you shot at an attacker and hit an innocent bystander, I’d still be in favor of sending the rioters to jail for life to pay for causing that situation. Unfortunately, the law doesn’t work that way. Even if you can reach the point of realizing that you didn’t cause the situation that led to loss of innocent life, that loss would likely weigh on you for the rest of your life. If you’re in that situation, you want to hit the attackers who are the most imminent and direct threat and not anyone else (or even anything else).

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