Replies

His advice is even more suspect than what I said.

Ayoob says on page 32 of "In the Gravest Extreme" not to impersonate a police officer.

He advises for the citizen to yell out "Police, Hold it[or stop it]. The citizen is supposed to explain that he was yelling FOR the police during that sentence and not identifying themselves as an officer.

Whatever.

To whom it may concern:
I am a sophmore at Pope John Paul II high school and was a friend of Mark Drewes. Mark was by no means a bad kid or a delinquent. He was a kind, funny, amiable kid who never did wrong by anyone. None of you should be making such brash assumptions that he was up to no good or he was acting in a malicous way. Mark never intended to harm or damage the man who shot him in any way. He was just an innocent kid who was celebrating his 16th birthday with friends doing what kids do. I am good friends with the kid who was with Mark at the time and went to see him yesterday. He is so distraught and upset that he can hardly stand up and talk. He did manage to tell me though that they never meant any harm and that this was never supposed to happen. Also, for you information the game they were playing is called ding-dong-ditch. Its a popular game among teens where someone goes up to the door and knocks or rings the doorbell and when the door is opening runs away. That would explain how the bullet got into Mark's back. The man who shot Mark was completely in the wrong and should be prosecuted to the fullest. I just want everyone out there to know that at Pope everyone who knew Mark liked and loved him and will miss him dearly, and if you really believe he did something wrong and it was his fault he's dead I hope you see some of the footage of our homecoming dance where kids were hysterical to the brink of nearly passing out. I was Mark's friend and I hope that for his sake, his poor mother and father, his extended family, and friends that this man who killed him in cold blood is put away for many years.

Ayoob says on page 32 of "In the Gravest Extreme" not to impersonate a police officer. He advises for the citizen to yell out "Police, Hold it[or stop it]. The citizen is supposed to explain that he was yelling FOR the police during that sentence and not identifying themselves as an officer.

The problem I have with Ayoob is that he tends to "major in the minors". I read one of his articles recently and he was talking about why you should carry a DA pistol, or DA/SA, load the same ammo as the police use, etc....

Basically, the point of doing all this was to prevent a jury from convicting you of a crime if you use a weapon in SD. He cited some case examples where that info came out in court, but in none of the cases was it the deciding factor. By focusing on such small details, he overlooks the "big picture", IMHO, such as carrying the gun that is best for *you*, use of deadly force requirements, etc....

I think he still has some good ideas, he just gets carried away sometimes.