Agreed...to a point. However, to say that the moment you are going to draw your weapon means that you will automatically pull the trigger when the sights are lined up ignores the reality of an extremely fluid and dynamic situation. There's a reason that TAP-RACK-BANG has been changed, and it has to do with the same mindset you are presenting here. If you are justified in pulling your weapon, it does not mean that in every case you are justified in pulling the trigger. As an example only, let's look at the following scenario:
You are threatened to the point that you feel justified in drawing your weapon. In the roughly two seconds it takes you to draw your weapon, the attack stops and the perpetrator turns to flee. By your admitted mindset of "you draw your weapon to USE it", are you saying you would pull the trigger anyway? Since your attacker was already turning to disengage, you end up shooting him in the back. Just for discussion's sake, let's say a witness sees the shooting. What do you think they would tell the police, the district attorney, and the jury?
Think that would bode well for you in court?"Well, I saw GlassWolf pull out his gun and shoot the deceased in the back for no apparent reason."
"Did GlassWolf say anything to the deceased before pulling the trigger?"
"No."
I am in no way advocating threatening anybody with a gun. If you feel the need to draw it, you damn well better be ready to use it. I am saying that it better be your last resort, and you need to be able to prove to everyone that you did everything you reasonably could to avoid pulling the trigger. I fail to see how yelling "STOP" one last time as you are bring the weapon up to obtain your sight picture will in any way add more time or increase any risk to you, whereas it could definitely help you with the legal aftermath of the incident.
Obviously, if you are in a point shooting, or shooting from retention scenario, it is going to be a different situation.
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