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Self-defense shootings to get closer scrutiny
stltoday.com ^ | 23 January, 2012 | AP

Posted on 01/24/2012 1:21:56 PM PST by marktwain

An increasing number of intruders in St. Louis are being gunned down by homeowners, due in part to a 2007 self-defense law known as the castle doctrine. But now, authorities are changing how they review apparent justifiable homicide cases.

(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: banglist; castle; home; mo
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To: marktwain
Under the old law, homeowners confronted by intruders had a duty to escape their homes if they could do so safely.

Silly, really.

It's not as though one has time to conduct a thorough study of the situation.

How many home owners were lost under that doctrine?

21 posted on 01/24/2012 2:22:51 PM PST by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: G Larry

I have a CCW and carry every day all day.

I believe in the castle doctrine.

However, you are correct about the woman in the last example. The BG had given up.

It is obvious that she knows nothing about guns and had no instruction at all or she would not have needed the guy with her to hold the gun for her and help her aim it.

He is the one who should be prosecuted. She should pay a lesser penalty.


22 posted on 01/24/2012 3:00:23 PM PST by old curmudgeon
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To: marktwain
An increasing number of intruders in St. Louis are being gunned down by homeowners...

No presstitute bias there, nope, none ...

23 posted on 01/24/2012 4:46:00 PM PST by Col Freeper (FR is a smorgasbord of Conservative thoughts and ideas - dig in and enjoy it to its fullest!)
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No presstitute bias there, nope, none ...

Just another example of why the newspaper is called The St Louis Post-Disgrace.

24 posted on 01/24/2012 5:21:45 PM PST by TYVets (Pure-Gas.org ..... ethanol free gasoline by state and city)
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To: Michael Barnes

I feared for my life.

Here’s the evidence (especially if something important rolled behind or out of view).

I need my attorney.

I will file a statement with my attorney. And press charges if the scum is still somehow alive.


25 posted on 01/24/2012 5:56:34 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: marktwain

St. Louis homeowners gunning down Holder’s “peeples” breaking into homes is the right thing to do to make a polite society. Seven is not enough.


26 posted on 01/24/2012 6:27:40 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: marktwain
"An increasing number of intruders in St. Louis are being gunned down by homeowners, due in part to a 2007 self-defense law known as the castle doctrine. But now, authorities are changing how they review apparent justifiable homicide cases."

Well...it is St. Louis...
27 posted on 01/25/2012 2:45:45 AM PST by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum)
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To: G Larry

consider the source.


28 posted on 01/25/2012 2:56:57 AM PST by BOBWADE
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To: marktwain

As long as they take the exact same approach for POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTINGS. Arrest Every Cop that ever fires his Gun and force them to defend themselves, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, Then I would agree with this idea.


29 posted on 01/25/2012 5:22:58 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: TYVets

“Just another example of why the newspaper is called The St Louis Post-Disgrace.”

When I lived in St. Louis we called in Pravda West.

Their motto: “We have more socialists per square foot than the Politburo.”


30 posted on 01/25/2012 7:06:27 AM PST by buffaloguy
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To: buffaloguy
20 to 25 years ago one local grocery store carried both the Kansas City Star and the St Louis P-D.

On Sunday morning you had to get there before the sun came up to get a copy. As the years when along they sold fewer and fewer copies of both.

About 15 years ago they stopped selling them. I say about 15 years ago because I got tired of the party line and decided they were both a waste of money when it came to unbiased reporting.

During the same time period the local Gannet owned daily newspaper, The Springfield News-Loser has shrunk to not much larger than a postage stamp.

Thank heavens for the Internet !

31 posted on 01/25/2012 9:27:10 AM PST by TYVets (Pure-Gas.org ..... ethanol free gasoline by state and city)
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To: Michael Barnes

“I feared for my life. I want a lawyer. I feared for my life, I want a lawyer.”

I better write that down, just in case.

Although I evaluate the odds of my hovel being invaded as minimal.


32 posted on 01/25/2012 11:49:47 AM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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