Posted on 02/26/2008 8:25:44 AM PST by kiriath_jearim
“...but he can’t legally hunt him down and kill him.”
As far as I’m concerned, as long as liberal socialists claim the ‘right’ to hunt down and kill innocent babies in the womb, their protected criminal class are fair game.
They stress not to pull your gun if you don’t plan on shooting to kill. In this case it would have eliminated a threat, saved a chase, gas, wear and tear on truck and State prosecution charges.
That needed repeating.
“saved a chase, gas, wear and tear on truck...”
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Yeah, the poor truck! LOL
A for effort.
I guess we should have pre-emptive self-defense...if a guy looks like he may want to harm you sometime in the future, you should be allowed to shoot him now.
This doesn’t jive with NCs GS 15A-404. NC doesn’t allow for citizens arrest but it provides for citizen detention when a person has probable cause that the perp has committed in his presence:
1. Felony
2. Breach of peace
3. Crime involving phisical injury
4. Destruction of property
The detainer must immediately notify a leo and release him into their custody.
The above is paraphrased from: http://www.jus.state.nc.us/NCJA/!apr97.htm
Seems the vet did detain the perp IAW NC law. He may have used some excessive force by dtaining him with his vehicle. But my point is how does retreat jive with the lawful right to effect a citizen detainment of a felon?
You are second guessing the circumstances. If he was close enough to scare the guy off, then he was close enough to drop him as well.
I think assume is the key word here.
Article says he's in the hospital.
actually if this was a police training the pursuit of the danger to society would be entirely justified.
JUST BECAUSE the perpetrator dropped the weapon, HE DID NOT CEASE TO BE A DANGER TO OTHERS.
We must not fall for the nanny state pro-brady gun control mafia talking points. The perpetrator was an ongoing threat. Dropping the weapon does not mitigate this.
This is all about the left wing dispising self help.
You mean the sucka isnt dead? How do you get run over 3X by a GMC Yukon and live? Was he the Jeepers Creepers guy?His middle name was Lazarus for a reason. He's dead now, died in the hospital.
Thank You!
Good news for his other potential victims. Bad news for the guy that ran him over. Instead of getting a medal, they'll probably nail his hide to a wall now.
In the interests of the “Get the serial rapists off the street now Law of North Carolina”, this lawyer needs to be strung up!
Laser sights are very very good. Sight them in correctly and you will hit what you aim at.
I would have to surmise that if the perp had gotten into their house and was assaulting the man’s wife, it is safe to assume that just because the perp ran did not end the threat of the perp returning — better armed — to finish what he started.
Never heard of citizens arrest I take it...
Agree 100%. Ever done any "simulated stress" shooting? It's a b*tch.
Next time you're at the range, put your pistol on a table at the firing line. Then back up 50 yards and sprint as hard as you can to your pistol, THEN engage the targets. Or, if your range lets you, run with a holstered pistol up to the firing line, then draw and engage. Half the time I can't even see the front sights because I'm breathing too hard.
Exactly. No need to charge the guy with a felony or anything. It's just a difference of opinion on when the guy 'ceased to be a threat'.
When he ran the guy down, he saved the next victims. Just like when we put people in prison.
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Well, not just like putting people in prison. Before that happens there is typical a judge and a jury involved, not one guy functioning as judge, jury and executioner.
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