Re: Drawing gun to defend property
Notice that the supervisor wannabe isn't off the hook yet. There's a hearing on 11/26. I'd like to see the outcome of that. I think the key point is, he claims he thought the thief was going for a gun, that would make pulling his weapon justified, albeit foolish, IMHO. Around my house, the guy in the pick up would have been more likely to pull out a 12 gauge than leave his bud behind, and he would have been perfectly within his rights to blow the supervisor away when he saw the handgun.
Here's a thought, if the candidate set out to catch the thieves in the act, why didn't he bring a camera instead of, or as well as, a gun? He could've taken pictures of the perps, the truck, the tags, and had a case without escalating a petty theft into a life threatening situation.
But, I guess the only question is was he wrong, not stupid.
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