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Originally Posted by TomH
If you've ever been in a shoot/don't shoot situation then you would appreciate that what the court might or might not say is irrelevant. (i.e. Take your chances with a jury versus an armed intruder.) But then again, I suppose YOUR best move might be to use one of your "Lifeline" calls to get an answer; hope your cell is close by.  |
Try answering the question before posing your own. ;) So are you saying you HAVE had to pull a gun on someone? Unless the answer is yes, I've got you on this one as I have held an intruder on the ground, gun in his face until the cop arrived AND resisted the temptation to end another's life. He broke in the back door of my house.
(The bittersweet conclusion to the story was that the cop lost the guy on the way to the car
Great Lexington PD)
Your belief that the judge or jury's opinion is completely irrelevant had better be backed up by DEEP pockets. It ain't a criminal case I'm worried about; it's the stinking civil case that bothers me. You are also assuming that the intruder IS armed....etc. There are a lot of "if's" to any situation and you seem to be assuming that actually using deadly force is the correct answer immediately instead of taking a split second, assessing the situation and making a decision. I just hope a friend or family member doesn't drop in on you, you kill them and then you have to live with that regret because you didn't pause to assess the situation.