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Armed robbery is not a capital crime in any jurisdiction. The guy is in front of you with a weapon demanding money...cap him on the spot in the front.
Guy is running away? You better tackle him because it's not self defense anymore.
"I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man." --Robert Duvall. "Fill your hand, you son-of-a-bitch!" --John Wayne. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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At least he won't be robbing anybody anymore.
Put me on the jury. Yep put me on the jury.
A government is the most dangerous threat to man�s rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
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You are all assuming he intended to hit him in the head. Probably just tried to "wing him" to make him drop the money....
"Be sure you're right. Then go ahead." Fess Parker as Davy Crockett
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The first time I shot myself in the head...
Meniere's Sucks Big Time!!!
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The guy was so distraught from being robbed that he was shaking and accidentally gripped the gun too tight and it inadvertently discharged. The fact that the robber was hit in the head was just pure bad luck.
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TEXAS is the place to live according to Texas penal code 9.42 you can shoot their ass half mile away in back of their head if you can hit them and you can do it if it your neighbors property also.
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I have not had a renewal course in a few years, but IIRC, in TX that could have been a bad shooting too.
IIRC you can shoot that guy as he goes away, but you can't kill him, you can only injure him.
Thinking the terms are something like lethal and non lethal force and their differences.
Now if it was at night, its all totally legal basically.
I could be mistaken though.
Damn shame you can't kill someone after the fact though... I mean it was THEY that engaged, and you simply had to pick your time when it was safe to kill them in return, but no... can't do that.... How could the thug be assured of not being killed? Simple as hell, don't rob anyone. Pretty simple to me.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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In Montague co. Texas it would be a NO BILL then they would send you to a Clint Smith type school to teach you to draw faster.
NOVIT EMIM DOMINUS QUI SUNT EUIS {Arnauld Amalric} "Kill them all,God will know His." Never trust Horses ,Women and very few Mules.A good rifle will let in lots of AIR AND LIGHT.
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I think the "at night" deal is valid in rural areas only.I don't believe "rural areas" is defined anymore than the phrase.
Never holler whoa or look back in a tight place
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Only one SSS proponent?
Damn. What a disappointing crowd.
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Walmart parking lots are paved.
Never holler whoa or look back in a tight place
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And have cameras and lots of people watching.
The first time I shot myself in the head...
Meniere's Sucks Big Time!!!
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I think it was a fear induced AD, and the slug bounced of the pavement, your Honor,.....so does the rest of the jury,....
very bad Kharma / Mojo,....plain and simple.
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I wish that would work but I am thinking this guy is in deep...
The first time I shot myself in the head...
Meniere's Sucks Big Time!!!
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Some time not so far back, here in My closest town,....
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82 Year Old Shoots At Attacker
82-year-old fights off attacker
March 15, 2010 SIERRA VISTA - An 82-year-old woman takes matters into her own hands after she's attacked in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Sierra Vista.
Police said the suspect Stephen Prickett beat the woman with her own cane until she grabbed her gun from her purse and started firing.
After a few days in the hospital, she's out and told News 4 all about it.
She said she was just walking to her car with some groceries when she was approached by the suspect. She said, "In a very mild voice he said, 'this is your day. You are too old to be alive anyway.'"
Moments later she said he grabbed her cane and started beating her and she's got the bruises to prove it. She said, "I got boo boos where I didn't know I had a place to put boo boos."
She eventually went for the gun in her purse and opened fire. She didn't hit him but said it still saved her life. She said, "In the long run I think it saved me because if I hadn't shot the thing no one would have known there was anything wrong and come running."
Wal-Mart employees came to her rescue and police weren't far behind.
Police said the victim did absolutely everything right. As for the suspect, they said he made a big mistake. Tracy Grady with the Sierra Vista Police Department said, "He picked the wrong woman. She was the wrong target."
And the self proclaimed "stubborn, old broad" said you can say that again. She said, "If I go naturally or to a sickness or something, fine. I'm ready to go, but I'm not ready to let some idiot like that take me out."
The victim said owning a gun isn't for everyone but added with the proper training it's a good idea particularly for elderly people like her that are becoming victim's more and more often.
( a good friend TRAINED this neat old Gal, and got her all lined out for CCW, ....GTC)
The suspect was arrested shortly after the attack. He's facing multiple charges including attempted murder.
82-year-old fights off attacker | KVOA.com | Tucson, Arizona
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That one is not only a justified shoot it brought a huge grin yo my face. Good for her.
The first time I shot myself in the head...
Meniere's Sucks Big Time!!!
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Like I said read the Texas penal codes 9.41 thru 9.44 . If you don't believe that read about the Joe Horn shooting incident in Pasadena Tx a couple of years ago.He killed two guys who burgularized his neighbors house while he was on the phone with the police and was nobilled end of the story.
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They won't believe it loyburkes. I've tried to explain how the law is written in Texas to those from other areas many times....sometimes with a copy of the Penal Code in hand. No one will believe that we have the rights we do even when they read it with their own eyes.
Damn I love being from Texas!
I hate change, it's never for the better.... Grumpy Old Men The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know
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I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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