05-14-2009, 05:00 PM
I'll reserve comment on the first two postings until I read the findings for myself but if what they say is true (I'd sure like to know where they got the information), the shooter is screwed.
According to my interpretation of frankiestapleton's commentary on the law, a person can break into your home and charge at you, screaming, big knife raised, and if you're pointing a gun at the maniac, you'd have to use it as a blunt instrument or go looking for a knife that's equal or smaller in size than the one your attacker is coming at you with because if you shoot, you're going to be faced with legal issues and will need a lawyer and all that goes with it. Hmmm, is using a baseball bat or stick greater force than a knife??? Are you going to have time to mull the issue? Can you picture yourself sitting in court as a defendent while an eloquent procecuter argues that you are a criminal for using a bat or stick or gun butt because they are deadlier than a screaming maniac with a knife, and watching as a judge, dressed in robes and sitting before the American flag, listens with a straight face and solemnly contemplates your fate? How nuts can you get???!?!!!!!
According to my interpretation of frankiestapleton's commentary on the law, a person can break into your home and charge at you, screaming, big knife raised, and if you're pointing a gun at the maniac, you'd have to use it as a blunt instrument or go looking for a knife that's equal or smaller in size than the one your attacker is coming at you with because if you shoot, you're going to be faced with legal issues and will need a lawyer and all that goes with it. Hmmm, is using a baseball bat or stick greater force than a knife??? Are you going to have time to mull the issue? Can you picture yourself sitting in court as a defendent while an eloquent procecuter argues that you are a criminal for using a bat or stick or gun butt because they are deadlier than a screaming maniac with a knife, and watching as a judge, dressed in robes and sitting before the American flag, listens with a straight face and solemnly contemplates your fate? How nuts can you get???!?!!!!!