Posted on 03/17/2016 7:25:32 AM PDT by Hojczyk
There’s no unfettered right to shoot someone on your property in most states, for example, by setting up a trap with a unmanned shotgun that goes off by a trip wire by a burglar.
Generally these laws depend on the citizen being in fear for his life and property. If you shoot a person running away in the back, it’s pretty hard to claim self-defense.
But juries have a way of interposing themselves into disputes of this kind between a state prosecutor and the defense, assuming the defense attorney pushes the right buttons to get the desired verdict.
You make a great point. My dad, God rest his soul, taught me to examine the media at a young age. Forty+ years later, that lesson is still pertinent.
But in our South Carolina CCW class, taught by a county sheriff deputy, if they are trying to run away and you shoot them it is murder/man slaughter. Just as provoking or ramping up a confrontation and then claiming self defense, it doesn't fall in the guidelines and you will be charged.
This is the exception to the castle doctrine in SC.
He was unarmed. The family claims he didn’t steal anything but the police won’t confirm that.
He was unarmed. The family claims he didn’t steal anything but the police won’t confirm that.
As God is my witness, the first two times that I read this, I thought it said "Trevon had goats..." and all I could think of was "What do goats have to do with it?"
Lots of stories either way. Have to wait until all evidence is in. IMHO the kid wasn’t a danger.
Both. Perhaps I rambled a bit. ;-)
Is the shooter the same race as the one who is no longer with us?
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