Quote from Pikaru on May 2nd, 2012, 10:48am:I trust the American justice system more than probably any other system in the world and while people like to use cases like these as bumper sticker campaigns for one cause or another, there's usually more that went on in the background than most people are willing to take the time to find out. If a person was sued or went to jail for allegedly defending themselves, if their defense actions were within the law, then they go home and get their weapon back, period. If anything else happened then there were circumstances that warranted it. A cop can use lethal force on a mentally challenged boy wielding a screwdriver and get paid administrative leave but as a law abiding, tax paying citizen, you better know local rules and case law before you use any lethal force. Most times if you didn't first call police and/or you had a way out, any way out you potentially open yourself up to negative litigation. If you were attacked by someone with a weapon, disarmed the attacker then used the weapon on them, YOU are now in the wrong. You disarmed, neutralized the most hazardous threat then went on the attack instead of walking or running away, you're going to jail.
As preposterous as this sounds, Pikaru is absolutely right here. I've told this sad tale before; I was physically attacked by a prowler in my own front yard and was arrested and charged with aggravated assault because I used a baseball bat to save my own life and probably my daughter's and two female neighbors'. I was tortured by the legal system for six months and had to put out $1500.00 in legal fees before the charges were finally eventually dropped, mostly because the creep killed himself. Even if you're completely in the right expect to be treated like a criminal if you use a weapon to protect yourself. That said, I'd to the exact same thing again. I had no choice. To paraphrase Dan, better to be judged by twelve than carried by six.
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