Posted on 07/18/2018 4:38:59 PM PDT by servo1969
He made a mistake confronting the burglars instead of calling the police? Duhhh...He was there the police weren’t. “Hold on dirtbags, I’m calling the police...” Yeah, that’ll work...NOT! When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.
So this guy called the cops himself? I mean, I can see setting up an ambush for a couple of guys who've already ripped you off, but then after your ambush works and you get a piece of them, you call the cops? Why?
Most Conservatives also don't get that massive LEGAL immigration is political suicide.
We have close to 25 million naturalized voting citizens in the USA, and we are currently adding 700,000 more each year.
As a group, those folks vote 70%-80% for the Democrat Party.
We are quickly reaching the point where it does not matter how hard Conservatives work to elect Second Amendment candidates.
In the end, basic math always wins.
"...Conservatives dont get it..."
There is an entire army of prosecutors around these days who love nothing more than screwing gun owners on some petty technicality who were protecting themselves, their families and/or their property, but didn’t cross every t and dot every I.
You have to be very, very careful.
Say nothing. Get a lawyer.
Florida had a self-defense law. It's not clear from that story how "Stand Your Ground" would have helped him.
I agree that it was self defense.
The court tho said that after the guy emptied his gun, Grandpa was no longer in danger and should have just left.
In the old West, there were outlaws. That is people who did something against the law were outside the law. Simple, yeah. Break the law, become an outlaw, forfeit any protection under the law. Steal a horse, get caught by some law abiding citizens, and swing from a tree. The citizens broke no laws, the hanged guy had no protection, under the law he was a non-entity. Same as a cockroach. Who came up with the idea that an outlaw had rights, that is a horrible misreading of the law.
Saying "it was self defense" can be seen as a confession that it was you who shot the assailants. Say NOTHING beyond "I feared for my life. I wish to speak to my attorney. Say nothing that can be taken as an admission that you DID anything.
Put the prosecutor in the position where he has to prove you did something wrong, without assisting him with admissions.
Morally, he was in the right.
Legally? He was in no danger. He pursued the criminals into the house (which was no longer his).
I don’t think most law on self-defense actually allows the defender to pursue criminals, not even castle doctrine and stand your ground. Maybe if it had actually been his house, it would have been okay, but I wouldn’t test it.
Besides, lawyers and cops hate it when you take business away from them.
Ask anyone who’s ever been the victim of a burglary. Most will tell you that the police DO NOTHING except write up a report. Most cops have ZERO INTEREST in protecting your property or recovering your property, or catching the perps.
3 cops in my family. So yes, some cops are good, but far too many don’t care.
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