Farmington homeowner doesn't regret firing gun: Though he might take different approach(NH)

As soon as he discovered his house was broken into he should have called the police.

Going on his own manhunt was illadvised, especially in his state.

"We'll review all circumstances, including where the person was when he fired, why he fired, to determine whether we will proceed with the charge," Velardi said.

This is utterly sickening.

I don't see why civilians can't claim the same latitude to fire weapons as the police do. The only reason police EVER give for firing is self-defense, concern for their safety, etc. Even compliance is never attributed to shooting, it's always resisting arrest and thereby putting hte officer in fear for their lives. So we're always talking about a person's fear for their life. Therefore, the legal argument is the same, unless the court wants to actually rule that an officer's life is more valuable than a civilians - and that would be the day of the start of CW2, when THAT ruling came out.

No, there needs to be legal parity between police and civilians in firearm liability - that's the part of the second amendment that has yet to be applied. Human life is human life, whether you're wearing a badge or not. There can be no valid difference in allowance of self-defense before the court - criminal OR civil.

Dang.... Vermont Alaska Texas Florida .... I didn’t fire a warning shot I missed the SOB with the first shot before he stopped his threatening behavior....

Stop the threat....never scare the threat.

Stay Safe Travis.

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