If your charged with excessive force you may and if you kill him you most likely will in this country. Even if it's with your bare hands.
Aye. But at least you would be able to prove to all satisfaction that your 'recipient' WAS actually close enough to you to require defense against.
Try THAT when you are pinging shots off at someone at 100 yards. Theoretically of course.
In realistic terms, however demotivational getting hit with any form of .22 may be, if I were to find myself in a situation where "nothing else will do" I think I would prefer that I had something that would carry a larger payload.
If it gets to the point where someone is going to get shot, it is my amateur opinion that the concepts of 'take a shot and scare him away' or 'just wing him' get chucked in the dumpster, and you get on with the job with some seriousness.
Somethin' is better than nothin', but...
Canadian Law does not usually allow folks to carry a handgun around with them, so if you are in your house, at night, listening to someone kicking on your door and headed towards the safe, you may just as well grab the biggest thing in there, eh?
Dangphool, that mag says "Volquartsen" on the side, which may be a hint!
The lever gun is a Ruger (96-22Mag), and the semi is either a 10-22 magnum or a clone (also Volquartsen?).
Looks like expensive fun!
Cheers
Trev