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- From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Saved by the gun
- Message-ID: <rktr+sm@dixie.com>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 03:38:24 GMT
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- jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras) writes:
-
- ## backs on the owner, he pulled what looked like a 9 mm automatic and
- # ^^^^^
- ## killed all 4. He appeared to know what he was doing, discharging 6
- ## shots in a little over 3 seconds.
-
- #I have a problem with this, at least as presented here. If they were leaving,
- #I do not personally feel deadly force was needed at the point they turned
- #thier backs. Unless the fact that they were mexican made them fair game.
-
- That fact that they were robbers made them fair game, of course. They were
- not turning to leave, not that it matters. The store owner saved
- society the expense of trying and incarcerating the punks and probably
- put an early end to a crime spree. Good shootin' in my book.
-
- ## He fell asleep after raping the woman. She got loose from her chains,
- ## got his gun and killed him. Police say there will be no charges filed.
- ##
-
- #I guess stress and shock were in play, here, but again, on the surface, she
- #should not have shot and killed him if she apparently had the chance to leave.
-
- Of course she should have killed him. If it takes claiming stress and
- shock to slip past the system (not necessary here but in some places,
- apparently), so be it. The fact remains that she killed a rapist in the
- act and again saved us the expence of jailing him and then letting
- him out to do it again.
-
- John
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