Words of Advice:
DONALD TRUMP IS A CONVICTED FELON. CASE CLOSED.
"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne
"Once you have paid him the Danegeld, you never get rid of the Dane." -- Rudyard Kipling
“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie
"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul
"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad
Democracy Dies When Billionaires and Hedge Funds Buy Newspapers.
"Never Get Into Anything With a 'Jesus Nut'." -- every fixed-wing pilot
"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown
"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown
"Eck!" -- George the Cat
Karma may sometimes be late to arrive.
But it never loses an address.
4 comments:
As far as I know state laws vary a bit in shooting to defend or recover your property. Where I live if you you shoot someone attempting to take your vehicle it better be in an attached garage or you better be able to prove that the person attacked you. On the other hand I remember some years ago a case where a repo-man was driving away in a recovered vehicle and from a distance the "owner" shot through the back of the cab from a distance with a rifle, killing the repo-man. He was found innocent in Texas. Personally I believe he no longer owned the truck, by the contact he signed, when he quit paying for it.
If the story is accurate, the owner of the truck was attempting to detain the thieves. It was one of the thieves who elevated things to a shooting situation. In most states, the truck's owner would be cleared. YMMV in NY,MA,CT,NJ,IL and CA.
Stealin' horses is a hangin' offense ...
For cases like this, perhaps a clarifying question to ask would be "if the cops did that, would it be deemed a justified use of deadly force, or not? Granted, what is legal for a civilian in any given state may not sync up with what the police guidelines are.
Also: what was beyond the stolen vehicle, but within deadly range of the firearm? Risking the lives of others in defense of property is generally frowned upon.
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