Posted on 06/01/2013 6:04:07 AM PDT by Innovative
A military veteran is facing criminal charges after firing a warning shot at a suspect trying to break into his house.
"There was nothing that the suspect was doing that was aggressive enough to justify the shooting," Lt. Mike Budreau told KDRV. "In fact, the suspect was walking away."
Thompson explains he was not shooting directly at the suspect, just at the ground.
Thompson has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon and menacing and reckless endangering and had his rifle confiscated.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattle.cbslocal.com ...
I agree my example doesn’t apply to this situation as it ocurred - I was just recalling a memory.
Too bad it didn’t happen in the great state of Texas - I don’t think there would have been an issue! If most of my family didn’t live here, I would definitely think very strongly about relocating and probably would relocate.
I agree with the FReeper that said we’ve been invaded by Libs from California - it started some time ago and they drove up home prices and infested the area with their liberal mindset - bleh!
Depends on the state. In a lot of states now you are justified in shooting an intruder attempting to forcibly enter the house if you are inside the dwelling.
Fire a weapon only to disable or kill, not warn.
“That bullet is going somewhere. “
Article says he shot into the ground....which I assume would stop it from going anywhere.
“Fire a weapon only to disable or kill, not warn.”
That is the advice I give my students, as well.
However, no policy is 100% absolute. I have read of numerous cases where warning shots seemed to achieve the desired effect.
Here we had a high stress situation in which a well trained veteran did not harm anyone and did some considerable good.
The vet should not be penalized for this.
Yeah, it's not like he was walking down the street whittling on a piece of wood.
I always act like I only have one shot left, it’s good for my concentration!
But for those who don't live in TX.
OTO if you live inNY, MD, MA, RI, NJ IL,DC, Then don't ever shoot. self defense is a far more serious crime than robbery in these jurisdictions. The police would far rather you be killed than one of their precious criminals be harmed by a citizen. After all if citizens get the notion that the can take care of criminal threats by themselves not nearly as many donut suckers will be needed, and people might even start questioning the necessity of disgorging quite so much to the worst criminal gang of all - the government
/johnny
I believe the Coast Guard still fires warning shots to get boats to stop. Of course, they are generally using .50s, so they have an advantage.
/johnny
Yeah, what SWAMPSNIPER said. Re-read and understand.
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