I have a 180 Lumen light on my primary SD pistol.

Safety first...

Human beings as targets.

How many human being targets have you shot?

How many have you ever had in your sights?

While "target" is generic and accurate regardless of what it is, this context is an unfortunate dynamic. When it comes to home invasions and other violent assaults, the "target" certainly does not see you as a human being, but being a mere "mark".

Being irresponsible with one perhaps. Since the media does a poor job, I'll wait for the hearing or trial.

I and the vast majority of gun owners do not suffer these kinds of tragedies.

His actions did cause the death of an innocent man and you seem to be saying those actions were irresponsible. Unintended manslaughter charges maybe?

sure of the target, but that is no substitute for due process. We have all kinds if politically loaded speculation on DU. Even NPR this a.m. has repeated the doctrine where a certain woman in Florida "fired in the air" and got 20 yrs or whatever.

If someone dies as a direct result of another person's irresponsible actions, is that not manslaughter?

Link if you have it, please.

I've forgotten, but think it was a shady bust with poor people and ethnicities involved.

TIA

"Phillip Walker Sailors, 69, has been charged with malice murder in the killing of Rodrigo Abad Diaz, a 22-year-old Cuban immigrant who mistakenly pulled into his driveway due to faulty GPS directions."

http://jonathanturley.org/2013/01/30/sailors-georgia-man-charged-in-killing-of-driver-who-pulled-into-driveway-due-to-faulty-gps-directions/

"The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has officially ruled Westbrook's death as a homicide, but so far no charges have been filed against Hendrix."

The local district attorney is reviewing the case to see if Georgia's Stand your Ground law applies.

http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/24116173/as-westbrook-is-laid-to-rest-coalition-pushes-for-federal-lawsuit

I don't know of any doubt about that. Now comes the second question. I'll let the DA and possibly the jury handle that one. Jackson has been looking for someone to have standing in his lawsuit. Even if some federal court strikes it down, which I doubt, it will simply fall back on Georgia common law, which was SYG anyway, which reads much like Illinois'.

of unfortunate uses of firearms. You responed to a couple replies, yet you did not provide any opinion on the stories. You asked a few questions, yet you don't seem to have much of an opinion on them?

This woman had been robbed before and decided to get a gun for protection. Second time she's robbed, she uses the gun but is herself killed in the ensuing gun fight. Had she not gotten a gun, my guess is that she'd be poorer today but still alive.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/s-woman-76-killed-shootout-gambling-cash-sheriff-article-1.1534233

they aren't very well socialized.

if she had not been running an illegal gambling hall.

Wondering what happened in the above two instance, I went google searching. I did not find anything in regards to the first story but in the 2nd, there will be no charges filed against the man who shot the 72 year old.

"A man who shot and killed an elderly Alzheimer’s patient in rural Georgia after mistaking him for a prowler will not face criminal charges, a local prosecutor said."

http://rt.com/usa/georgia-alzheimers-shot-charges-302/