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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
What a shot!
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Seriously. A 20 yard shot like that with a handgun is nothing to sneeze at.
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I cannot see why he is on trial. He wasn't stealing anything. Just protecting his property. 
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To fair, he'd go through the motions of a trial in any state. If he's convicted or not, is another matter, and will depend a lot on the views of the jury pool from said state.
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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
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I would guess so. My first question is, "was a gun found?" If not, my next question would be, what were the variables at which time the incident occurred? Was it day or night? What where the lighting conditions if at night? Are the conditions such that it makes possible he mistakenly believed the thief was pointing a gun at him or not? etc etc. If i was on the jury, I'd want the particulars on the details.
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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
More time is spent protecting the perp than the victim.
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Isn't that just how things go these days? Seems par for the course.
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Originally Posted by MH
The guy shot the thief from 60 ft away in the back while the thief was driving off so it seems that the shooter is lying about his life being in danger.
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Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? You instead jump to an accusation of lying; which is in effect convicting the man before he even stands trail. Your political bias is showing.
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On the flip side guns law in USA send message to criminals when you steal something and get caught shoot first because your life might be at danger and there is nothing to lose....
So at the end property crimes easily escalate into gunfights.
It also gives legitimacy for trigger happy people to kill others over TV set.
So ... happy shooting.
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Im far from being anti gun hippie or whatever you might call it lol but some of that self defense laws let you shoot each other mindlessly and unnecessarily.
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Given your first two statements, this third statement, I can only view as a feeble attempt to regain the credibility of being unbiased in the situation when you clearly are biased.
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Originally Posted by STEED
Was it worth killing him over a car?
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My personal opinion in this specific order:
Morally, yes.
Legally, no.
In the end, you answer to the courts, so there's your answer.
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Most burglars don't think that way. They want an easy grab, not a fight of any kind. But...
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True. Most criminals want "soft targets". If someones going to burglarize a home, more often then not, they look for ones where people aren't home.
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Originally Posted by swamprat69er
I don't think the shooter has a 'leg to stand on'. I would be interested in what the jury says.
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I'll take a guess. (Vague reference too vague?
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