"Don't do what I did," ex-Marine, former police officer describes exchanging gunfire with robbers | Crime & Courts | omaha.com
Looking at news around the country this morning, I ran across this...Pretty much says it all.
WuzzFuzz
Amen, I'd say!
"Don't do what I did," ex-Marine, former police officer describes exchanging gunfire with robbers | Crime & Courts | omaha.com
Looking at news around the country this morning, I ran across this...Pretty much says it all.
WuzzFuzz
Nebraska, where this happened, has pretty restrictive laws around the use of deadly force. Not like NJ, but restrictive. It may seem like splitting hairs, but you can’t use deadly force to stop a robbery. You can use deadly force to stop a deadly force attack against a third person. In this case the c-store clerk being robbed."Don't do what I did," ex-Marine, former police officer describes exchanging gunfire with robbers | Crime & Courts | omaha.com
Looking at news around the country this morning, I ran across this...Pretty much says it all.
WuzzFuzz
This is a good discussion. I've found that very little in this life is cut and dried. Every situation has many nuances, on all sides of the equation.
Unless the perpetrator is Lucifer incarnate, it is doubtful he/she deserves to be killed...especially over property. I absolutley abhor thieves but am unwilling to murder them.
Years ago there was a very effective defense strategy here in the south. The defense attorney addressed the court room, jury, and judge with this short yet truthful statement:
“Your Honor, the deceased needed killin’ “.
It often worked, as reasonable people existed back then.
Some of the Georgians here may remember the September 2005 case of Kimberly Boyd, a thirty year old woman who was assaulted/kidnapped/carjacked from a gas station in metro Atlanta. A citizen witnessed the incident and pursued her vehicle, which the thug wrecked and caused her death. The armed murderer then tried to run off and was shot and killed by the pursuer.
The Legislators of Commonwealth of Kentucky understands the needs
of the people in self defense and the defense of others.
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503.085 Justification and criminal and civil immunity for use of permitted force --
Exceptions.
(1) A person who uses force as permitted in KRS 503.050, 503.055, 503.070, and
503.080 is justified in using such force and is immune from criminal prosecution
and civil action for the use of such force, unless the person against whom the force
was used is a peace officer, as defined in KRS 446.010, who was acting in the
performance of his or her official duties and the officer identified himself or herself
in accordance with any applicable law, or the person using force knew or reasonably
should have known that the person was a peace officer. As used in this subsection,
the term "criminal prosecution" includes arresting, detaining in custody, and
charging or prosecuting the defendant.
(2) A law enforcement agency may use standard procedures for investigating the use of
force as described in subsection (1) of this section, but the agency may not arrest the
person for using force unless it determines that there is probable cause that the force
that was used was unlawful.
(3) The court shall award reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, compensation for loss
of income, and all expenses incurred by the defendant in defense of any civil action
brought by a plaintiff, if the court finds that the defendant is immune from
prosecution as provided in subsection (1) of this section.
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 192, sec. 6, effective July 12, 2006.
Kentucky Revised Statutes - Chapter 503
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THis assumes you did nothing wrong & the court found you innocent of any charges. You can still be sued.
THis assumes you did nothing wrong & the court found you innocent of any charges. You can still be sued.
So then we are back to the "can you live with yourself"?
In Ms. Boyd’s case the incident was witnessed by several people, the pursuer was on his phone with LE, it was being reported on TV as it was happening. I imagine the fellow who shot the murderer got over his initial shock and sleeps soundly at night.
if the court finds that the defendant is immune from
prosecution as provided in subsection (1) of this section.
No I am talking about the chase that caused the crash. Yeah bad guy dead but so was the woman???
Same scenario is very possible in a SD shooting, especially with ill trained ccw holders. So bad guy dies but your 2-3 misses strike & kill an innocent. We all have to make choices & live with those choices. I can live with my inaction that possibly caused an onnocent's death. I doubt I could live with my action that caused an innocent's death. It si something every ccw must ask themselves when they carry: am I willing to take life & can I live with my actions, regardless of the outcome? Why many of us train & practice, because it is that serious.
That is a big if you were wrong in your actions.
So bad guy has fake gun in robbery, you shoot him & hit & kill an innocent. Immunity, I doubt it.
So, your recommendation is to shoot them if they don't follow your commands?Once you pull your piece the fat is in the fire.
Best have what it takes to follow through.