[Texasforever]

Let me give an example. I am confronted by a man with a gun. I pull my gun and he panics and grabs Deimidog as a sheild. The man shoots at me and the only way to shoot back is to shoot through Demi's body. Sorry Demi, but I would do that in a New York Minute.

[Demidog]

Sorry Demi, but I would do that in a New York Minute.

And you'd go to jail in a New York minute for manslaughter if not murder.

[Jhoffa_]

Hey man, if you go haywire and stuff..

Who is going to put you to death exactly?

Will it be your peers, fedgov or who exactly?

I am curious.. Who has the right to kill you?

[tpaine]

What a pompous fool. -- The booze is talking again.

[Alan Chapman]

I am confronted by a man with a gun. I pull my gun and he panics and grabs Deimidog as a sheild. The man shoots at me and the only way to shoot back is to shoot through Demi's body...I would do that in a New York Minute.

Innocents are often killed in highspeed-pursuits and shootouts between police and suspects. The killings are dismissed as collateral damage and the family of the victims have no recourse.

When innocents are killed by a private bounty hunter in the same manner he is held accountable for his actions.

If you shot at the hoodlum and you hit another person, regardless of wether he was being used as a human shield or was standing 30 feet behind the hoodlum, you would be responsible. The charge would probably be manslaughter since it was unintentional. A jury would have to decide if there was any negligence on your part.