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To: marktwain
I have been teaching concealed carry weapons courses in Arizona for 15 years. I tell my students that if they become involved in a deadly force situation, expect to be held for a day or two by the police while they sort things out. It doesn't happen all the time, but it is fairly common. Much depends on how clear-cut the circumstances are.

Maybe outside the home or auto, but in Georgia, there would have to demonstrable evidence that the force was used in something other than self-defense for there to be an arrest.

I have always considered probable cause had to be articulable, not just "we don't know what happened, sit in this cell while we figure it out."

32 posted on 08/20/2011 5:43:10 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass
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To: Trailerpark Badass
I have been teaching concealed carry weapons courses in Arizona for 15 years. I tell my students that if they become involved in a deadly force situation, expect to be held for a day or two by the police while they sort things out. It doesn't happen all the time, but it is fairly common. Much depends on how clear-cut the circumstances are.

Maybe outside the home or auto, but in Georgia, there would have to demonstrable evidence that the force was used in something other than self-defense for there to be an arrest.

I have always considered probable cause had to be articulable, not just "we don't know what happened, sit in this cell while we figure it out."

If someone was threatened, shot or killed, and there are conflicting stories about what happened, there is often probable cause. Our two statements are not in conflict.

33 posted on 08/20/2011 5:56:28 PM PDT by marktwain (In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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