That's bull**** either way. Although I'm a proficient swimmer, Florida can have some nasty ass riptides that can be bad news for even experienced swimmers, that lifeguard was doing his job. It would be like firing a fire fighter for arriving to your house that's out of his jurisdiction before...
did its job. Only reason the perp didn't kill was because of the bullets condition. In my course I learned a 380 acp will go through a 1"thick mohogany door, and over penetration worried him.
I can also understand part of his reasoning. I'm fully prepared to lose my life in defense of my...