Posted on 08/18/2014 4:42:28 AM PDT by marktwain
A man and his wife see a neighbor drive up to her house. The neighbor is in her 60's. As they watch, a strange man approaches her, speaks to her, then grabs her, drags her from the SUV, throws her to the ground, and jumps in the vehicle.
The wife opens the passenger side door, but is struck by the vehicle and knocked down. The husband fires several shots from a handgun. A short while later, the vehicle crashes. From azfamily.com:
The responding officers discovered it was the stolen vehicle and that the driver was the suspect. Police say he had suffered a gunshot wound.
He was transported to a local hospital, but later died of his injuries. He has been identified, but the next of kin has not been notified. It will require an autopsy to determine the actual cause of death.
A. A person is justified in threatening or using both physical force and deadly physical force against another if and to the extent the person reasonably believes that physical force or deadly physical force is immediately necessary to prevent the other's commission of...Aggravated assault in Arizona is satisfied by both assault that threatens serious physical injury or use of a deadly weapon (the car).
... aggravated assault under section 13-1204, subsection A, paragraphs 1 and 2.
You’re coming across rather bloviatively there, Tick.
Do you even own a gun?
There’s more than a little pot-kettle-black in *that* comment, considering all your own bloviating on Saturday.
>> Do you even own a gun?
Nope, not as far as you know.
Let's see, you have Johnny Mc-loser and Jeff Corn Flake as your Senators and you are being invaded by Thousands of Illegals all wanting to vote and get free stuff. Better get more ammo!
I don’t live in AZ.
Thought so. What's that old saying about your mouth writing checks?
LOL!
Keep on digging.
Yep, nothing but mouth, lol.
Yeah, all hat and no cattle! It’s really embarrassing, but thanks for helping me spread the word. You’re a useful tool to me.
Whereas, you’re merely a tool. FR frowns upon carrying disputes from one thread to the next, you know. Not that I recall a peep out of you then. Maybe you’re just confused.
Obviously he was a "White Hispanic".
The difference between the 2 scenarios is apples and freight trains.
If a CCW licensee can’t see the difference, they need to quit carrying, as they are a clear and present danger to society.
In neither scenario — this one nor the hypothetical on Saturday — would the shooter be charged IN ARIZONA (or in Texas).
In your state? Don’t know; don’t particularly care.
The point is not the details of the scenario. The point is the difference between a state with solid and sane stand-your-ground laws — such as Arizona — and one without same.
And as for your arrogant judge-and-jury pronouncement as to who should have a CCW and who shouldn’t, thankfully, that’s not your call to make.
He did what was right for him under his state’s laws.
kudos to him.
Love me some ARS 13-411. Justification; use of force in crime prevention;.
Excellent outcome.
http://www.kpho.com/story/26298165/neighborhood-where-carjacking-shooting-happened-called-tight-knit
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