Posted on 01/25/2018 7:49:50 AM PST by marktwain
An auto mishap morphed into a defensive shooting in Rochester, Minnesota on Sunday, January 14th, a little after 8 a.m.
A car driven by 17 year old Muhammed Rahim, with another 17-year-old male and two teenage girls in the car, spun out of control and crashed into the side of the road in slippery conditions.
A car driven by 25 year old Alexander Weiss managed to avoid the out of control vehicle. He pulled to the side of the road to see if the people in the crashed vehicle needed assistance. Muhammed then backed up the crashed vehicle and hit Weiss' vehicle.
Weiss got out. So did Muhammed and the other male occupant. They approached Weiss and threatened him.
Weiss, a carry permit holder, retrieved a pistol and called the police. The confrontation escalated and Weiss shot Muhammed.
Two on one makes it a disparity of force situation. It is hard to know how this will play out in the courts. The statement of probable cause shows Weiss did not just draw and fire. Muhammed approached within inches of Weiss while the firearm was displayed.
Muhammed dared Weiss to fire. Weiss says that Muhammed attempted to grab his pistol. Muhammed's passenger said they never touched Weiss. The statements are not necessarily contradictory.
The police arrived on the scene and arrested Weiss. The police officer included the fact that Weiss had a bumper sticker on his vehicle that said GUN CONTROL IS HITTING YOUR TARGET in the statement of probable cause.
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I’m still waiting for a Car driven by a Liberal to purposely hit my Car because I have “TRUMP 45” license Plates on it.
I always look in my Rear View Mirror when stopped at a Red Light just in case I need to react when a Car is coming up behind me too fast.
What usually happens in the person in the Car behind me takes out their Cell Phone and takes a picture of my License Plate.
Surprising how accurate that statement is. The only thing on my car is my CIB (Combat Infantry Badge) front license plate. It has the depiction of a musket on it. I picked up my grandkids for my daughter at school and was asked by a teacher directing parking lot traffic to not drive onto school property with anything depicting a 'gasp' gun. I suggested she educate herself on what that symbol might possibly be and no, I would not be removing that plate for no one.
I have a Fred Thompson campaign sticker on the back window of my SUV. It’s quite faded. It’s the only sticker I’ve ever had on a vehicle.
I feel the same way about the joke about losing guns in boating accident comments.
I am well armed and if the government thinks I’m a threat then the government is a threat and we need to dance! I will lose but eventually the Government will run out of enforcers if we fight back.
Agreed.
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