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Originally Posted by jtkratzer
Since there are so few shootings, and even fewer go to court, why should I be worried? If I've already said my gun isn't coming out of the holster unless it's going to be fired and that's only happening in a situation where my life is going to end or I'm going to be severely injured if I don't, I shouldn't have anything to worry about. The first issue is going to be whether or not my life was in danger and the shooting was justified. I won't even draw unless pulling the trigger is justified.
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*sigh*
I've spent a ridiculous amount of time trying politely to explain why you're incorrect as matter of law and practice -- yet you continue to ignore the substance of my posts and repeat the oft-chanted and tired mantra that all that matters is whether the shooting is justified. You are wrong. I cannot say this any more plainly.
There are numerous factors that I've covered here and in other posts on the exact same issue. There are numerous articles by expert witnesses and other lawyers that take the same position I do. The fact that you continue to espouse an erroneous position makes the argument why anyone wanting to carry a concealed weapon should be required to take a training course that involves at least 20 hours of instruction on the law and the aftermath of a deadly shooting.
Why should YOU be worried?
You obviously aren't, and there is nothing I can say that will change your mind. Given your learned opinion on the matter, I'm sure that the detective on the case, the ADA, the judge, and the jury (if it gets to that point) are all going to ignore the cogent legal arguments that any sane prosecutor or plaintiff's attorney will advance in the event that you have to use your gun because you know, you're this guy, and you're really well-intentioned, and you don't think that the way that the law has been applied in the past to other cases is going to apply to you. That's cool, I'm familiar with that defense -- it's called the snowflake defense: It's predicated on the assumption that everyone is unique, special, and that his opinion on the way things should be counts just as much as anyone else's, and certainly more than the way the law actually is.
So don't you worry a bit. I'm sure your position is correct; I mean, hell, you probably know more about the law that I do, or any self-defense expert.