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Did you get the callsign by the luck of the drawer or is it a vanity sign?
what is a red box??
also, that cop can go eat a d*ck if he actually came up to you and said that, lol
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I just started homeschooling my son. He learned the basics of reloading ammo this weekend. (He's a machine) This video will definitely be part of his education (and mine).
You may remember an incident in Arlington several years ago. A drunk burglar broke into a home when one of the two homeowners was home. He advanced on the woman even as she pointed a gun at him. She then shot him once in the neck. The perp survived.
The woman was not charged, but her legal odyssey took one year before it was settled.
This situation was just about the "ideal" defensive shooting -- a woman, in her own home, attacked by a burglar who was "known to the police."Sorry for the thread-jack, but the perp in the Arlington situation comes from a family with a sordid past. He used to live 3 houses up from me.
Maybe way off base here.. But, despite the feelings of the police about what happened, if it was a justified self defense or not, is still largely irrelevant. Talking to the police, by and large, will only get you into more trouble (which is what the video is showing). And really can not help you at all, remember anything you say can and will be used AGAINST you.
Ultimately, it will be the DA that will make the decision to prosecute or not. And this will largely be driven by the court of public opinion whipped up into a frenzy by the press..In this case, anything said to the police will by and large only be used AGAINST you in court. Despite the feelings of the police on the scene, it is what they will be asked and how they answer in court. And then how that sounds to the jury.
Between the press and a prosecutor, they can twist anything to mean what they want it to.
In short, if something happens, be prepared. You WILL be arrested. Shut up and talk only to a lawyer.
A friend's son was in elementary school a number of years ago when the teacher asked him to define "grain" for the class. He explained it was a unit of measure exactly equal to 1/7000th of a lb. Fortunately, he defended his position when the teacher told him he was wrong.I just started homeschooling my son. He learned the basics of reloading ammo this weekend. (He's a machine) This video will definitely be part of his education (and mine).
This situation was just about the "ideal" defensive shooting -- a woman, in her own home, attacked by a burglar who was "known to the police."
And yet it still took a year before the woman got her license and guns back.
A woman in her own home, who gave at least three verbal warnings, I might add.
Unbelievable that we have to be criminalized for defending ourselves.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but..
I think the issue here is that in this state self defense is not an absolute defense (right). We have no castle doctorine here.
The mere fact that someone breaks into your bedroom at night while you're sleeping does not seem to be reason enough to take action..
You are wrong. Consider yourself corrected.
The "castle laws" have been posted on this forum several times. Use search and you will find them.
A friend's son was in elementary school a number of years ago when the teacher asked him to define "grain" for the class. He explained it was a unit of measure exactly equal to 1/7000th of a lb. Fortunately, he defended his position when the teacher told him he was wrong.
Scrivener (or other lawyer),
Can a person's refusal to cooperate with the police and the degree (attitude) be used against them at trial?
It is my understanding that the homeowner will still need to PROVE they acted in keeping with the "immanent [sic] severe bodily injury or death" frame of mind to justify the use of a firearm against an intruder.
The broader interpretation of the castle doctrine that also takes into account protection of property is not present. In the states that have this it removes much of the hurdles in justification. A person can (and has, texas) use deadly force to protect his neighbors against robbery.
Other than Texas, just what states do you claim include mere protection of property as justification for the use of deadly force?
I don't need to be a lawyer to remind you about the 5th Ammendment. Look it up and read it. While you're at it, check out Miranda. Do it yourself, I'm not doing it for you. You'll probably answer your own question then, at least half of it.
Titan: I suggest that you take LFI-1. Ayoob discusses this in great detail.
This Spring Aware held a seminar about surviving the court battle. There were four speakers:
- a MA police chief
- Lisa Steele, an appellate attorney who has worked on self-defense cases.
- Kevin Reddington, a very prominent defense attorney who has worked on self-defense cases
- Another defense attorney, who was an ADA in Suffolk County for 13 years, and has worked on self-defense cases from both sides.
The two defense attorneys said: STFU!
Lisa Steele suggested giving a brief statement
The police chief, while he brought up the issue of tachysychia and post-shooting trauma, suggested giving a broader statement.
Your choice.