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CA:A Woman, Fake Gun, Warning Shot, Criminals and Justifiable Homicide
Gun Watch ^
| 20 August, 2014
| Dean Weingarten
Posted on 08/20/2014 5:05:05 PM PDT by marktwain
A career criminal has an out of wedlock child with a woman. He shows up for the child's first birthday, only to find another man present, who also has a criminal record, but no felonies. The first criminal, enraged to find another man with the mother of his child, threatens to kidnap the one year old.
The man without felonies fires a warning shot from a .38 to stop the threat. The career criminal goes to his car, pulls out a handgun, and points it at the man with the .38, who promptly shoots him in the chest, killing him. The handgun from the car was a non-firing, realistic toy. From redding.com:
Robison had a .38-caliber handgun that he used to fire a warning shot when the victim advanced on him. Deputies say the victim got what appeared to be a 9mm-handgun from a vehicle and pointed it at Robinson, who, fearing for his safety, shot the victim once in the chest. The victim later died at Mercy Medical Center in Redding.
The article calls the person shot the "victim", though that appellation hardly seems appropriate. He was out on bail, had felony convictions, and showed up in a stolen vehicle.
Most murderers and their victims have long criminal histories. I am sure that this justifiable homicide will be listed as a firearms homicide of an "acquaintance" in the FBI uniform crime reports. It does not fit the extremely restrictive definition of a justifiable homicide required by the FBI.
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Most homicides are criminals shooting criminals.
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posted on
08/20/2014 5:05:06 PM PDT
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
And not all of them are bad things. Given the facts as presented, I'd be hard pressed to convict the shooter on anything. Not that I believe the press.
/johnny
To: marktwain
Looks like a happy ending to me, taxpayers will benefit for years to come.
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posted on
08/20/2014 5:08:37 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
To: marktwain
more black on black violence, it appears. when are al and jesse flying in?
oh wait...
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posted on
08/20/2014 5:33:00 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: JRandomFreeper
Given the facts as presented, I'd be hard pressed to convict the shooter on anything.Same here.
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posted on
08/20/2014 5:51:53 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: marktwain
If you are to the point where you feel the need to pull your weapon, you need to be damn sure of yourself. In my agency, there was no such thing as a warning shot. It was two shots to center mass to neutralize the threat.
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posted on
08/20/2014 7:04:48 PM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: AlaskaErik
Looks like he only needed one!
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posted on
08/21/2014 10:55:29 AM PDT
by
chaosagent
(Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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