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JellyFish
Send em' to Jesus for judgement! Works for me!
Getting theirs is between them and god, I'm just here to arrange the meeting.
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Getting theirs is between them and god, I'm just here to arrange the meeting.
(eta: Thank you Scriv for also clarifying the information that I was somehow incapable of finding on my own. I think I'm too stubborn to keep up with legal lingo. I prefer speaking English... )
That brings up a good point. By MA law, we may be able to defend our dwelling with force, when force in presented... but what if we do unload 15 rounds into the guy (or 10 if your a LTC-B)?
How can you store a long gun in ready condition in MA? It seems to me that life jacket would take too long. It would better to use a quick access safe and handgun.
Or better yet have it on you and use the handgun to fight your way to the long gun ;-)
Please don't hurt me or my family. We are liberals and we will call the police...
I just put a sign on my front door that says:
Please don't hurt me or my family. We are liberals and we will call the police...
I just put a sign on my front door that says:
Please don't hurt me or my family. We are liberals and we will call the police...
How can you store a long gun in ready condition in MA? It seems to me that life jacket would take too long. It would better to use a quick access safe and handgun.
There shall be no duty on said occupant to retreat from such person unlawfully in said dwelling.
There shall be no [TAX] on said occupant to retreat from such person unlawfully in said dwelling.
And was surprised the state wasn't going to try to get money out of me!!
Guess it's been a long day!
Glad nobody got hurt!!
Section 85U. No person who is a lawful occupant of a dwelling shall be liable in an action for damages for death or injuries to an unlawful occupant of said dwelling resulting from the acts of said lawful occupant; provided, however, that said lawful occupant was in the dwelling at the time of the occurrence and that he acted in the reasonable belief that the person unlawfully in said lawful dwelling was about to inflict great bodily injury or death upon said occupant or upon another person lawfully in said dwelling, and that said lawful occupant used reasonable means to defend himself or such other person lawfully in said dwelling. There shall not be a duty on said occupant to retreat from such person unlawfully in said dwelling.
Bold added to assist the learning-disabled.
I interpret this law as follows:
So for instance if a gang of thugs bum rushed into my dwelling,but were carrying no weapons,I WOULD be held liable for any deaths that occur because they didn't have weapons and therefore posed no threat of bodily injury or death.
I interpret this law as follows:
So for instance if a gang of thugs bum rushed into my dwelling,but were carrying no weapons,I WOULD be held liable for any deaths that occur because they didn't have weapons and therefore posed no threat of bodily injury or death.
Y'know, in the situation that the OP outlined (two armed intruders) I can easily see someone panicking and unloading the magazine into the intruders. I have to wonder how something like that would play out to a DA."But why did you shoot him 15 times"?
"I only had one magazine".
Is "he was still moving" a defense?
All it takes is a single round that should not have been fired to go from a justified shoot to murder.Moreover, if said shooter was, say, an IDPA competitor, what would happen if his experience took over and he automatically reloaded - and kept shooting? Is "he was still moving" a defense?
Y'know, in the situation that the OP outlined (two armed intruders) I can easily see someone panicking and unloading the magazine into the intruders. I have to wonder how something like that would play out to a DA.
Yes. There is nothing in the storage part of the law that covers loaded or unloaded.Can you legally store a loaded shotgun in a locked safe?