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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Nabbing a car thief (was: car alarms)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.202640.9537@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1ef8q7INNaec@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:26:40 GMT
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- trimblte@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Todd E Trimble) writes:
- :
- : 2) If faced with the "he won't kill me-I'll run" scenario, I think my
- : first shot with a shot gun would be at the calves of the fleeing thief.
- : This would stop, but not kill the involved party. Sure, the charge could
- : still be leveled "Assualt w/a deadly weapon" or some-such, but it ain't
- : murder, and I'm not sure the case would even be brought. There is that
- : fuzzy line of what "protecting one's person, family and property" entails.
- : If I fire a goodly sized charge of buckshot into the calves of any
- : would-be-thief, and (s)he STILL has the gumption to get away, it won't be
- : hard to find them in a gutter or hospital the next morning.
-
- Unfortunately, you would find yourself in court - as a defendant - being
- sued by the person you shot. And, the person would collect - such is the
- stupidity of our current legal system. That person would then own you,
- very possibly for the rest of your life.
-
- I suggest you have a long talk with a few law enforcement officers, before
- you decide that this is the best course of action.
-
- Bill
-