I advocate concealed carry of firearms. If you ever meet me, I guarantee I have a gun on me. I always carry, everywhere. But I am in a different position than most all of you. I have more training, likely more experience, and I absolutely do not want to kill someone. The last sentence there is critical if you are going to conceal a gun. You have to not want to use it, and not want people to know you have it. Several posts advocate lying about facts to justify you killing someone. This disgusts me. If you ever take someone's life, you will have to say what happened probably 150 times over, on camera most of the time. And you will have to describe the entire incident in thorough detail, second by second. If you formulate a lie to cover yourself because you wanted to plug a thug, you will slip eventually, some details will change, and you'll end up in a very sticky situation.
When you kill someone, you are the offender of a homicide. Period. You will never get away from the fact that you committed a homicide. Your only hope is that the facts surrounding the case are enough to justify your homicide, protecting you from liability.
Fact of the matter is, you are expected to have more restraint than anyone else, including a Police Officer, when you are carrying a gun.
In this case, there's not a cop in America who would charge you for tackling and holding him until the cops came, even without you lying about him vandalizing your bike. But, he did not do enough to warrant a criminal charge unfortunately. So you'd both be let go. But this is a benefit as he might learn a lesson, and if he's got warrants he'll still be taking a ride.Originally Posted by Ghosty
Absolutely it is.
This post bothers me. I'm all for Concealed Carry, and I'm all for using some physical force to restrain somebody until the Police come. But you're advocating drawing your weapon, when this situation cannot even transform to one where you could legally use it. This is a problem we encounter with carriers all too often, they get into a relatively minor situation, and they escalate it to a deadly one rapidly without cause.
Let's start with this. You should not draw your weapon, or give any indication that you have a weapon, unless you have to use it. Remember, you are expected to retreat first. You should never draw your weapon as a threat. However once you draw your weapon, you need to pause and threaten, and then re-evaluate the situation prior to firing shots.
More or less accurate, until the residence part. The "Make my Day" law simply states that if someone forcefully enters your residence, you may use deadly force. That's it. You need not warn them, post it, or even be threatened. Just the act of them entering your residence unlawfully has been established as a threat to your life, and citizens should not be expected to retreat from their residence.
Does not even need to have the crimes part, so long as they enter unlawfully. But if you front door is wide open, and you kill the first guy to walk in, you will probably be going to jail. Although the law states entering unlawfully, you should probably restrain unless they force entry. Best solution? Don't ever leave your doors unlocked.
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