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MO: Man who Used AK-47 Clone to Defend Self, Children, Found Not Guilty
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| 3 September, 2017
| Dean Weingarten
Posted on 09/05/2017 1:15:58 PM PDT by marktwain
On 17 September, 2015, Matthew Bowman shot Jimmy Harold Tillery. Tillery was in the driveway of his ex wife, Cheryl Tillery. Bowman used an AK-47 clone. In the initial articles, the firearm was referred to as a ".30-caliber carbine rifle".
Cheryl Tillery had finalized the divorce with her ex on 14 August, 2015, about a month before the incident.
The Court had issued an emergency protective order on July 20, after an incident where Jimmy Tillery was said to have threatened Matthew Bowman and Cheryl Tillery's lives and the lives of Bowman's two young children. On August 6th, the court issued another order prohibiting Jimmy Tillery from coming within 150 feet of Cheryl Tillery or within 200 feet of Matthew Bowman's children.
Jimmy Tillery had driven onto the couple's driveway and demanded to speak with his ex-wife. The couple had called 911 and asked the police to help. Bowman had taken his rifle and ordered Tillery to leave the property. Tillery refused, multiple times. Bowmans lawyer gave this argument in court:
Bowman says Tillery drove toward the house from the head of the driveway at high speed before he stopped short and yelled that he wanted to speak to his ex-wife.
Bowman maintains that he had reason to believe Tillery possessed a concealed carry permit and liked to carry a handgun with him at all times.
Luby argued at trial that his client's decision to shoot was lawful because Tillery was trespassing at the time, had made prior threats to kill Bowman, his ex-wife and himself, and was acting on that day "in a violent, tumultuous manner."
Bowman fired 4-5 shots at Tillery, who was in the drivers seat of his car. The police arrived a few minutes later.
Bowman always claimed the shooting was in self defense. He refused to plea bargain and took the case to a jury trial.
On 1 September, 2017, almost two years after the incident, a jury found Matthew Bowman not guilty. From stwnewspress.com:
Matthew Bowman, 41, was found not guilty of either second-degree murder or armed criminal action in the Pineville, Missouri, shooting death of Jimmie Tillery in September 2015.
Domestic defense cases tend to be messy. I suspect the two restraining orders and the refusal to leave were highly significant factors in the juries decision.
The AK type rifle can be considered a ".30-caliber carbine rifle", but the description explains how defensive uses of modern sporting rifles are under reported in the media. Most reporters do not know the technical aspects of firearms. In addition, details of defensive shootings may not be released until long after the event was considered news. Those who desire a disarmed population repeatedly claim that AK and other types of modern sporting rifles are not useful for self defense.
In this case, the jury trial resulted in more detailed reporting nearly two years after the event. It is worth noting that this shooting was almost certainly reported in the FBI Uniform Crime Report (UCR) as a murder. The FBI UCR does not track the results of trials, only arrests and reports of crime. The FBI justified homicide reports only catch about 20% of justified homicides in the nation.
The FBI classes murders and non-negligent homicides in the UCR report together in the murder category. About 2% of homicides are recorded in the UCR as justified, so the actual number is about 10%.
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TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: ak47; banglist; defense; missouri; mo
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Threaten someones children, violate two restraining orders, refuse to leave...
Suicide by restraining order?
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posted on
09/05/2017 1:15:59 PM PDT
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
The AK type rifle can be considered a ".30-caliber carbine rifle", ...That is certainly a lot more accurate than "assualt rifle" which is nothing more than a meaningless euphemism.
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posted on
09/05/2017 1:23:16 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
To: marktwain
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posted on
09/05/2017 1:23:27 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: marktwain
Why did the grand jury even issue an indictment?
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posted on
09/05/2017 1:38:42 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
( "If fascism ever comes to America, it will be called liberalism." --Ronald Reagan)
To: marktwain
4 or 5 7.62x39 AK rounds (’variant’ or otherwise) through the windshield will definitely fix your wagon!
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posted on
09/05/2017 1:39:44 PM PDT
by
Delta 21
(AntiFa and BLM should be on the United States list of Terrorist Organizations)
To: marktwain
Well, I am glad he beat this thing.
But, jeez, people, stop the dang shacking up! Especially when there are children involved.
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posted on
09/05/2017 1:54:00 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
To: marktwain
“Bowman fired 4-5 shots at Tillery”
Two years, and a trial, and they’re guessing at the number of shots fired? Just wow.
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posted on
09/05/2017 1:56:31 PM PDT
by
Fireone
(No more Kennedys, Bushes, Clintons, or Obamas....(or their kids)ever!)
To: Fireone
another order prohibiting Jimmy Tillery from coming within 150 feet of Cheryl Tillery or within 200 feet of Matthew Bowman’s children.
= = =
Well, this WAS a long-range sniper attack, you know.
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posted on
09/05/2017 2:21:59 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
To: TigersEye
That is certainly a lot more accurate than "assualt rifle" which is nothing more than a meaningless euphemism. The urinalist only said that because the man was exonerated. He had to obfuscate.
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posted on
09/05/2017 2:22:24 PM PDT
by
MileHi
(Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: marktwain
Sounds like the man who was shot made some very poor choices toward the end of his life. There’s no helping stupid.
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posted on
09/05/2017 2:29:18 PM PDT
by
vladimir998
(Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
To: marktwain
Mr.Tillery would’ve been a continuing problem for the ex-wife and her new beau. The boyfriend was wise to execute Mr.Tillery.
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posted on
09/05/2017 2:29:58 PM PDT
by
moovova
To: marktwain
I can’t even believe this went to trial.
Ridiculous on so many levels!
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posted on
09/05/2017 2:41:50 PM PDT
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Americans are modern day Amorites ripe for destruction)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
because grand juries almost always indict when impaneled. it is a one sided process favoring the district attorney.
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posted on
09/05/2017 2:58:14 PM PDT
by
PCPOET7
To: TigersEye
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posted on
09/05/2017 4:55:51 PM PDT
by
arthurus
To: arthurus
All semi auto only weapons based on the AK design are technically clones.
Only select fire are "real" AKs.
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posted on
09/05/2017 5:08:46 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
To: Eagles6
I think we are discussing reporters’ impressions here.
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posted on
09/05/2017 5:17:23 PM PDT
by
arthurus
To: marktwain
***The AK type rifle can be considered a “.30-caliber carbine rifle”,***
Back before the 1932 Federal firearms laws were passed, there was an attempt to add handguns to the list of “taxed and registered firearms”, like machineguns and sawed off shotguns.
The general belief was a RIFLE was better for home defense than a handgun. Thankfully that thought was discarded. Now the politicians want to legislate away the ownership of rifles, something they constantly PROMISED they would never do, between 1962 and 1985, when they saw the rifle as a “target of opportunity” to be banned.
To: marktwain
AKs dont make good protective weapons? Pshaw!
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posted on
09/05/2017 6:05:21 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: MileHi
That was actually the term used in 2015 when it first happened.
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posted on
09/05/2017 6:53:16 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
To: arthurus
Reporter? Everything is a machine gun to them.
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posted on
09/05/2017 8:44:11 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
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