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Thread: Justified Self-Defense Shooting?
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July 5th, 2019, 05:43 PM #1
Justified Self-Defense Shooting?
https://www.khou.com/article/news/cr...0-0f6f02bc65d3
Basically, a would be armed robber pulls up to a roadside fireworks stand, draws a firearm, demands cash. While other employees are getting the cash, an employee gets the robber's gun and shoots him with it. Once the employee has the robber's gun, how does he establish that he was in fear of his life or serious bodily harm?
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July 5th, 2019, 05:49 PM #2Grand Member
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Re: Justified Self-Defense Shooting?
He does not ! Now is the robber physically attacking with any device to threaten bodily harm ? I for one would not want it to go to a Grand Jury on the latter part !
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July 5th, 2019, 05:54 PM #3
Re: Justified Self-Defense Shooting?
The robber could have been moving towards or trying to get the gun back from the employee?
There are no pacts between lions and men.
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July 5th, 2019, 05:54 PM #4
Re: Justified Self-Defense Shooting?
All the articles I read on this are short on information. But there are a lot of scenarios where it would be justified. One would be the employee has the gun, the criminal tries to get the gun back by grabbing for it. At that point you have to consider the harm that would occur if the criminal gets the gun back.
I would imagine that the state this takes place in also matters. It took place in Texas where the limits of self defense might be interpreted differently than in some other states.
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July 5th, 2019, 05:59 PM #5
Re: Justified Self-Defense Shooting?
Rules are written in the stone,
Break the rules and you get no bones,
all you get is ridicule, laughter,
and a trip to the house of pain.
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July 5th, 2019, 06:00 PM #6
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Not enough information and in another state. I hope the good Samaritan wins accolades and not penalties.
Gender confusion is a mental illness
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July 5th, 2019, 06:04 PM #7
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July 5th, 2019, 06:06 PM #8
Re: Justified Self-Defense Shooting?
This ranks right up there with, never shoot someone in the back when “defending yourself”.
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July 5th, 2019, 06:40 PM #9
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July 5th, 2019, 06:59 PM #10
Re: Justified Self-Defense Shooting?
The chaos of the situation should get him off. I hope.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere. Voltaire
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