On second thought I wish I’d just said the law is confusing rather than taken the time to exemplify it in such detail.
“On second thought I wish I’d just said the law is confusing rather than taken the time to exemplify it in such detail.”
You DID say you were not a lawyer! I just had to sign what should have been some pretty simple papers from a lawyer. I think they make it complicated just so they are hired so they can interpret them. I’m sure the wording in the law is they are trying to be “precise” - but it sure doesn’t come across like that.
There was a case in Yakima, Washington where some gift shop(?) was getting robbed all the time. So the owner started sleeping at the store. Sure enough, some teenager broke in and started grabbing stuff. The owner woke up and the kid was already on his bike riding down the street by the time the owner was up and ready.
The owner opened up with his shotgun and killed the thief from 150 feet as he was riding away. He had a few handmade belts and western buckles in his jacket. Not Guilty. The local gang population and their mom’s were not happy about that of course.