To: Responsibility2nd
Random people knocking on your door late at night/early morning, in a small town..
Yeah, my first reaction would be that the teens were up to no good. I’d have my pistol ready...
7 posted on
07/30/2015 8:46:03 AM PDT by
Made In The USA
(Yes Ma'am, I said I'd like three sides of bacon with my eggs. and bacon.)
To: Made In The USA
Yup, ever read: In Cold Blood?
9 posted on
07/30/2015 8:48:48 AM PDT by
refermech
To: Made In The USA
OTOH the usual criterion for use of deadly force, at least as applied to us plebes, is that one faces imminent deadly harm. Kids being in a car, driving away, doesn’t quite rise to that level, and if one of the kids had been hit and it were a mere peasant firing the gun, you can be sure of criminal charges against the peasant. Maybe even just for the shots fired, come to think of it. Attempted murder, or something. Reckless endangerment, negligent discharge, unlawful use of a firearm ... but, since it was a cop and not a peasant, no charges.
12 posted on
07/30/2015 8:50:31 AM PDT by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: Made In The USA
New Jersey is a "Must Retreat" State.
You can only use lethal force if,
A you have a reasonable fear your life is in jeopardy and
B You MUST make every attempt to flee from the threat.
Stinks. don't it.
To: Made In The USA
And you would have what? answered the door pointing your gun at them?
16 posted on
07/30/2015 8:55:11 AM PDT by
wiggen
(#JeSuisCharlie)
To: Made In The USA
Yeah, my first reaction would be that the teens were up to no good. I’d have my pistol ready...
Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six.
18 posted on
07/30/2015 8:56:41 AM PDT by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
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