What I learned in my CCW class. If you own a gun legally and use it to protect yourself, you better use it with intent to kill. If not, you can be arrested. The only defense you have for firing at or intentionally wounding a perp is that you intended to shoot to kill to stop him from killing you - but missed. That is, you can only fire your gun if you believe that your LIFE is in danger. Like the saying goes, I's rather be judged by 12 men than carried by 6.
That actually varies a bit from state to state now. Pennsylvania enacted/strengthened their Castle Doctrine & Stand You ground laws recently. In the most recent case, a 65 year old man shot 2 teens who were attacking him. 1 survived, the other did not. But he cannot be chaged nor sued in either case because of the new legislation.
In Pa. it is shoot to stop the attack. As long as you have a right to be where you are when you are attacked there is no longer a duty to retreat, whether in your home or on the street. BUT, as soon as the attack stops, whether the perp is dead or not, you must stop shooting or you cross the line.
All of us, every single man, woman, and child on the face of the Earth were born with the same unalienable rights; to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And, if the governments of the world can't get that through their thick skulls, then, regime change will be necessary.
The women I know who are struggling in this economy couldn’t be further from the fictional character of Julia, presented in Mr. Obama’s Web ad, “The Life of Julia,” a silly and embarrassing caricature based on the assumption that women look to government at every meaningful phase of their lives for help.
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In an effort to win them back, Mr. Obama is trying too hard. He’s employing a tone that can come across as grating and even condescending. He really ought to drop it. Most women don’t want to be patted on the head or treated as wards of the state.
--- Campbell Brown
"An Islamic regime must be serious in every field," explained Ayatollah Khomeini. "There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humour in Islam. There is no fun in Islam."
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"I want to be very, very clear, however: I understand and agree with the analysis of the problem. There is an imminent threat. It manifested itself on 9/11. It's real and grave. It is as serious a threat as Stalinism and National Socialism were. Let's not pretend it isn't." ~~~~~Bono~~~~~
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What I learned in my CCW class. If you own a gun legally and use it to protect yourself, you better use it with intent to kill. If not, you can be arrested. The only defense you have for firing at or intentionally wounding a perp is that you intended to shoot to kill to stop him from killing you - but missed. That is, you can only fire your gun if you believe that your LIFE is in danger. Like the saying goes, I's rather be judged by 12 men than carried by 6.
That actually varies a bit from state to state now. Pennsylvania enacted/strengthened their Castle Doctrine & Stand You ground laws recently. In the most recent case, a 65 year old man shot 2 teens who were attacking him. 1 survived, the other did not. But he cannot be chaged nor sued in either case because of the new legislation.
In Pa. it is shoot to stop the attack. As long as you have a right to be where you are when you are attacked there is no longer a duty to retreat, whether in your home or on the street. BUT, as soon as the attack stops, whether the perp is dead or not, you must stop shooting or you cross the line.
Here's the Reading Pa. self defense story.
The downside is not all states think this way. A legal shooting like this in Reading could land you in real trouble in Chicago. Or D.C.
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