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To: MortMan
I hear you but that would be a mistake as it gives the prosecutor and or plaintiff's atty. the opportunity to question your competence in determining if your life was at threat.

14 posted on 03/02/2011 9:52:36 AM PST by I see my hands (You can know the young posters by the desperate optimism in their posts.)
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To: I see my hands

That advice comes from a Kansas licensed firearm dealer/licensed concealed carry class instructor/police officer.

Further, it would be foolish to argue that a normal individual who has just shot another person doesn’t suffer immediate physiological distress. Even police officers have to be evaluated afterward - and they are trained for the eventuality.

Finally, “I think I may be having a heart attack” is an unimpeachable statement, legally, unless you deliberately recant your assertion. “I want my lawyer” is a more impeachable statement - it can be (and has been) argued that calling for a lawyer before even talking to police is evidence of a guilty conscience.

However - everyone needs to understand the vagaries of their own state’s laws, and to use those laws as best they can to shield themselves in the unfortunate event a shooting becomes necessary.

I’m pretty certain we agree on that last point! LOL


24 posted on 03/02/2011 10:09:05 AM PST by MortMan (What disease did cured ham used to have?)
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