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Shirtless guy with rifle captures burglar
Shirtless guy with rifle captures burglar
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Using a firearm to effect what amounts to a citizen's arrest for a misdemeanor is a good way to get in way over one's head.
For what it is worth, Massachusetts does not recognize the right of a citizen to make a citizen's arrest for a misdemeanor -- armed or otherwise.
******Fin is one of the gurus in the hardboot snowboarding comunity.
Shirtless guy with rifle captures burglar
Sounds like someone is a sheep. Bahhhh
Gotta love how they are able to name the type of gun perfectly (AR-15) and characterize the hero as the hero.
The Globe would have called it an Assault Terminator Gun with A Machete Attachment and Flash Silencer held by a 1/2-naked man who may or may-not have been wearing a coon skin hat and playing the kazoo.
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God, for once I would love it not to have the sackless pre- programmed sheep that inhabit this state, not say "if he was in MA he'd be a criminal for just protecting his stuff and not himself "
Sorry for the rant....but this shit gets old....he's not in MA, and anyone that has a problem with this guy protecting his stuff and helping the cops catch a BG deserves this state and their assbackwards commie gun laws.
Using a firearm to effect what amounts to a citizen's arrest for a misdemeanor is a good way to get in way over one's head.
For what it is worth, Massachusetts does not recognize the right of a citizen to make a citizen's arrest for a misdemeanor -- armed or otherwise.
Have you ever done anything just because it is the right thing to do, or do you always do a risk/benefit analysis beforehand?
I respectfully suggest that the general public might have a slightly more favorable opinion of gun owners if we better resisted the impulse to play Rambo just because we're gun owners.
Using a firearm to effect what amounts to a citizen's arrest for a misdemeanor is a good way to get in way over one's head.
Not every state is as completely screwed in this regard as MA is. (From both a "whats legal" standpoint and a "whats acceptable" standpoint.
-Mike
The "right" thing isn't always the "legally sound" thing.
So broadly stated, your assertion is certainly true.
Now let us focus on the issue at hand: is using deadly force against a person whose misbehavior is stealing a bag of trash of minimal value "the right thing?"
... is using deadly force against a person whose misbehavior is stealing a bag of trash of minimal value "the right thing?"
So broadly stated, your assertion is certainly true.
Now let us focus on the issue at hand: is using deadly force against a person whose misbehavior is stealing a bag of trash of minimal value "the right thing?"
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God, for once I would love it not to have the sackless pre- programmed sheep that inhabit this state, not say "if he was in MA he'd be a criminal for just protecting his stuff and not himself "
Sorry for the rant....but this shit gets old....he's not in MA, and anyone that has a problem with this guy protecting his stuff and helping the cops catch a BG deserves this state and their assbackwards commie gun laws.
sorry but i took it the other way. he was saying how wrong ma is, and that in the state we live in, we would be arrested when we shouldn't be.
in other words hes on the same side everyone else is and is probably just as happy with the way things turned out. just because he stated what the consequences would be here in ma is not being a sheep imho. hes not saying he agrees with the ma laws or unwilling to fight for them, just saying what would happen with the way things are right now.
edit: that should have been "hes not saying he agrees with the ma laws or that hes unwilling to fight [STRIKE]for[/STRIKE] Against them"
i also think i would have a hard time if the bg didn't stop and fin shot and killed the guy, but definitely think he had a right to detain him. if the bg pulled a gun then i wouldn't have a problem either way.
i guess to ME it comes down to the fact i think the taking of a human live should be about survival. life - not property. i would only kill someone in self defence or protecting others from physical danger. if that makes me a sheep so be it. sure detain the guy if you can safely do so, but don't cause a situation where someone can get killed, either him or you. you had already called the cops, have a description and can go see which vehicle hes driving (if you can't detain him safely) including the plate number. let the cops handle it from there.