Posted on 01/09/2014 8:18:01 AM PST by dsc
I made sure that Westlake was the correct location at noon. It has not been reported on any network news yet.
That will go over well with Texans - not.
There’s a good chance you will be in trouble if you shoot someone in the back.
Yeah, with the difference being that you will lose and be found guilty. The threat has to be ongoing, or forthcoming, and a running away person poses no threat.
Therefore, either stop them before they get to me, or survive the attack, run them down, and return the favor.
If the instigator can't handle me and his bro's try to jump in and "rescue" him, then use the equalizer...
You have a right to use appropriate force in self defense, and the jury gets to decide 1) if the force was appropriate, and 2) if it was reasonable to perceive the threat you claim to have felt.
If you give chase in order to mete out revenge, you will probably be found guilty. Which of you is the instigator can turn on a dime, and giving chase makes you an instigator for what follows.
Either don't be an instigator/escalator, or don't get caught, or accept the legal penalty.
I totally understand... (I’ll try not to get caught...)
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