Hmmm, I thought they had a Castle Law there...
or is this Director talking out his rear end...?
Either way, if it is *possible* to safely withdraw without firing, then by all means,
do so as you dont want favorite carry gun confiscated and spend the next year
in a police evidence room and have to get an attorney if the DA is a career anti-
gunner who thinks he may be able to get you on some technicality...
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When Can You Shoot for Self Defense?
Reported by: Mallory Hardin, KARK 4 News
Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009 @07:09pm CST
http://arkansasmatters.com/con...text/news?cid=204091
A suspect is shot in a Wal-Mart parking lot,
by a man he was trying to rob. It happened
Monday night in the Wal-Mart parking lot on
Cantrell road.
Police say a Little Rock man, whose identity
we're withholding, shot Jonathan Terry, the
suspect was armed and trying to steal the
man's wife's purse.
Terry's been charged, along with two women.
He's in guarded custody after being shot in
the backside. The man who was defending
his wife had a concealed weapons permit.
For those that carry concealed weapons,
when is it legal for you to shoot someone?
At Fort Thompson in Sherwood, gun sales are way up.
"I've probably seen more in the past year, than in the past two years, been through the roof,"
John Hutley at Fort Thompson said. That means more Arkansans could be walking around
with concealed weapons, ready to protect themselves. And you may not realize it, because
the purpose of a concealed carry weapon is to conceal that it's on you.
"You might walk into Wal-Mart, and half the people in the store have guns and you don't
know it," Chuck Lange, director of the Arkansas Sheriffs' Association said. But when is it
legal to protect yourself and shoot?
"If you have an avenue of escape, if you could escape to complete safety, you could not
use deadly force," Lange said. Chuck Lange is the director of the Arkansas Sheriffs' Assoc-
iation. He also teaches concealed carry weapon classes. He says opening fire for self
defense is a complicated matter.
"There is no 1,2,3. It's an issue where you make a snap judgment in seconds, where the
courts can take months, and sometimes years trying to decide if you should have used
deadly force," Lange said.
He says each situation is different. But in every case, you must make sure there isn't any
other way to escape. That's why they emphasize the seriousness of the responsibility of
carrying a concealed weapon.
"You have to decide, I am taking responsibility for carrying weapon, I'm going to have it on
person. There might be cause for me to use that weapon, if it's safe and I am legal in using
that weapon at that time," Lange said.
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or is this Director talking out his rear end...?
Either way, if it is *possible* to safely withdraw without firing, then by all means,
do so as you dont want favorite carry gun confiscated and spend the next year
in a police evidence room and have to get an attorney if the DA is a career anti-
gunner who thinks he may be able to get you on some technicality...
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When Can You Shoot for Self Defense?
Reported by: Mallory Hardin, KARK 4 News
Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009 @07:09pm CST
http://arkansasmatters.com/con...text/news?cid=204091
A suspect is shot in a Wal-Mart parking lot,
by a man he was trying to rob. It happened
Monday night in the Wal-Mart parking lot on
Cantrell road.
Police say a Little Rock man, whose identity
we're withholding, shot Jonathan Terry, the
suspect was armed and trying to steal the
man's wife's purse.
Terry's been charged, along with two women.
He's in guarded custody after being shot in
the backside. The man who was defending
his wife had a concealed weapons permit.
For those that carry concealed weapons,
when is it legal for you to shoot someone?
At Fort Thompson in Sherwood, gun sales are way up.
"I've probably seen more in the past year, than in the past two years, been through the roof,"
John Hutley at Fort Thompson said. That means more Arkansans could be walking around
with concealed weapons, ready to protect themselves. And you may not realize it, because
the purpose of a concealed carry weapon is to conceal that it's on you.
"You might walk into Wal-Mart, and half the people in the store have guns and you don't
know it," Chuck Lange, director of the Arkansas Sheriffs' Association said. But when is it
legal to protect yourself and shoot?
"If you have an avenue of escape, if you could escape to complete safety, you could not
use deadly force," Lange said. Chuck Lange is the director of the Arkansas Sheriffs' Assoc-
iation. He also teaches concealed carry weapon classes. He says opening fire for self
defense is a complicated matter.
"There is no 1,2,3. It's an issue where you make a snap judgment in seconds, where the
courts can take months, and sometimes years trying to decide if you should have used
deadly force," Lange said.
He says each situation is different. But in every case, you must make sure there isn't any
other way to escape. That's why they emphasize the seriousness of the responsibility of
carrying a concealed weapon.
"You have to decide, I am taking responsibility for carrying weapon, I'm going to have it on
person. There might be cause for me to use that weapon, if it's safe and I am legal in using
that weapon at that time," Lange said.
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