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One Year Later: Vic Stacy and the Peach House Shootout
« on: August 21, 2013, 10:49:01 AM »
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/08/daniel-zimmerman/one-year-later-vic-stacy-and-the-peach-house-shootout/

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As Stacy went out the door of his trailer, he passed a scoped Bushmaster AR-15 with a loaded 30-round magazine. He later reflected on that fact and said that maybe he should have grabbed the rifle, but said that as it turned out, the pistol was sufficient.

This kind of story gives me the the warm fuzzies. Enjoy
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Re: One Year Later: Vic Stacy and the Peach House Shootout
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2013, 11:35:25 AM »
That takes a LOT of faith, to remain armed in the vicinity of a rampaging gunman, and an approaching police siren. (But then I repeat myself) :P

Even odds on the cop shifting aim from the covered target, to Stacy, as Stacy begins to fire at the gunman.  Especially if Stacey is an easier shot to make.

I'd probably engage a looney on my block if it ever happened, but I'd get hidden and gone quick if it wasn't resolved before I heard sirens.
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Re: One Year Later: Vic Stacy and the Peach House Shootout
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2013, 12:26:41 PM »
I pretty much always grab a rifle if I am going outside to check on something.

And like AZ, these days I'm pretty ambivalent about helping out police ...  =|
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Re: One Year Later: Vic Stacy and the Peach House Shootout
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2013, 04:14:15 PM »
Cool story...glad it ended well.
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Re: One Year Later: Vic Stacy and the Peach House Shootout
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2013, 09:57:54 PM »
It was Texas after all.  But yeah, if he had grabbed the rifle it likely would have been over with one shot from the citizen.
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Re: One Year Later: Vic Stacy and the Peach House Shootout
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2013, 09:03:48 AM »
50 yards with a 6" barreled revolver isn't to bad a shot.  I practice at that distance with my 357 revolvers.  Under stress it is impressive. 

I can certainly see the problem of getting involved in a shootout.  I can see it would be good to hide yourself from both sides. 

As far as trees go, that tree didn't look quite big enought to hide from a rifleman. 
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Re: One Year Later: Vic Stacy and the Peach House Shootout
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2013, 09:19:05 AM »
The Shootout at the RV Corral

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Re: One Year Later: Vic Stacy and the Peach House Shootout
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2013, 09:25:19 AM »

He got a nice rifle out of it. Glad to hear that it ended well
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