Subj : Re: Anyone out there have any?
To   : Nightfox
From : MRO
Date : Mon Oct 22 2018 19:40:01

  Re: Re: Anyone out there have any?
  By: Nightfox to Lizard King on Mon Oct 22 2018 10:07 am

 >   Re: Re: Anyone out there have any?
 >   By: Lizard King to MRO on Sat Oct 20 2018 12:27 pm

 >  LK> Screw that, if you are going to shoot somebody shoot for center mass.
 >  LK> If they weren't trying to kill you before you started shooting at them,
 >  LK> they probably will be after that. And the legal consequences to you are
 >  LK> going to be the same either way, the judge will not accept any argument
 >  LK> that you only meant to wound them, not kill them. You can easily kill
 >  LK> someone shooting them in the leg, they can bleed out before an
 >  LK> ambulance makes it there. That's only "safe" on TV.

 > I've always wondered about the possible legal issues of shooting someone,
 > even if it's in defense.  I'd tend to wonder that they could charge you with
 > assault or something.  But then even if you didn't use a gun and instead hit
 > someone with something in defense, I suppose they could potentially consider
 > that assault too..



if you live in a state with a stand your ground or castle doctrine, you are
fine usually.
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