Originally Posted By: GCOriginally Posted By: Infidel 762As long as he is holding a gun with hostile intent towards me or any other citizen, the first time he turns his back or focuses his attention else where I would begin shooting… I would continue to shoot until he is no longer a threat… I do not have a duty to wait until he shoots at me first...
“I was in fear for my life. I was forced to defend myself. I will make no further statements without an attorney.”
Forced to defend yourself? You shot him in the back, he wasn't pointing the gun at you. Some slick talking attorney is gonna get you in front of a jury after he has portrayed his severely injured or maybe deceased client as a good young man, just down on his luck, society has stacked the deck against him and limited his opportunities for education and success, struggling to make a living for his young family (picture six stair stepped kids well coached with big wet eyes and sniffling noses sitting first row) with no intention of hurting anyone (are you a mind reader?) being gunned down by you the wildly dangerous zealot gunslinger (race will play a role if it can be raised in anyway whatsoever).
I hesitate to enter into this discussion. I feel I know exactly what you are trying to say and why but there are a lot of things to consider and not the least is your ability to articulate why you did what you did. Because that statement is going to be shredded word by word in law offices for months afterward. Folks... you better be sure of yourself.
Yes, I was hesitant to join this thread as well.. I am not over zealous... I pray I am never put in this situation... If I am forced into this situation, the key word is "hostile intent"... If I am in a store and someone comes in waving a gun, I assume he is prepared to use it...if it happens fast and he is running out the door, that's one thing... I am not shooting someone in the back running away nor chasing them... I guess if you are ever in an armed robbery and not in fear for your life, you are braver than me... I should have toned it down a bit and added "I feel I am not currently able to simply walk away". Or being "held against my will until the robber says; you can go about by business now"...
A lot of people get a ccw and don't think about situations in which they should and should not use it... I know after such an altercation there is to be nothing positive to come from the experience... Anything you say can and will be twisted and manipulated... And yes there is a decision to be made when adrenaline and fear is at a high.. The wrong decision can end you up in prison, but even in this liberal utopia of a nonviolent country and the times we are living in.. It is not uncommon to leave no witnesses... Some are even taken to the back walk in cooler and shot in the head, this is America...
I am scared of being taken to the back walkin cooler and shot in the head... I need an attorney...