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Rules for a gun fight
JTH:
--- Quote from: Mudinyeri on January 06, 2015, 02:53:25 PM ---The difference goes to intent. Was my intent specifically to kill the individual or to defend myself (recognizing that, in defending myself, I may end up killing the individual)?
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Well put. Was the goal killing them, or stopping them? Which did you intend to do?
Dan W:
Stating the "intent to kill" may prove an escalation of force or in some cases premeditation, either of which can make a good shoot turn very very bad. We have many cases recently where a good initial shoot ended up in a murder conviction when the initial victim did not stop using lethal force when deemed reasonable and proper by a jury
Mudinyeri:
--- Quote from: jthhapkido on January 06, 2015, 03:16:49 PM ---Well put. Was the goal killing them, or stopping them? Which did you intend to do?
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The apocalypse is near. Thomas and I agree on something. :D
JTH:
--- Quote from: Mudinyeri on January 06, 2015, 05:21:55 PM ---The apocalypse is near. Thomas and I agree on something. :D
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It is kinda different, isn't it? :)
SS_N_NE:
Semantics....lethal force is...lethal. Shooting a person has a decent chance of killing them. Even a shoot that may not normally be lethal could result in bullet fragment travel or other complications leading to death.
It is unfair that mincing of words somehow changes a situation of defense.
(Yeah...mostly for the sake of discussion.
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