Only one shot was fired and it was for all intents over - no justification to draw.
As far as the age difference, my grandpappy taught me that old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill every time.
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- Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:05 am
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Man killed after bumping Metro bus passenger
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When the shooter put the gun back in his pocket and went and sat down, he was exiting the confrontation, even if still in the confines of the bus.
Only one shot was fired and it was for all intents over - no justification to draw.
As far as the age difference, my grandpappy taught me that old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill every time.
Only one shot was fired and it was for all intents over - no justification to draw.
As far as the age difference, my grandpappy taught me that old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill every time.
- Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:18 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Man killed after bumping Metro bus passenger
- Replies: 131
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#1 - if you could have drawn BEFORE the shooting took place, you MIGHT have been justified in doing so, but if the shooting was over and the shooter was exiting, you stand a good chance of getting in trouble. And there is another factor involved:
Years ago a man was arrested in another state for shooting a man running down a street. He had witnessed the man running form a house across the street followed closely by a woman, waving a knife, who he knew was the man's wife and who was screaming "You've killed him, you murderer!" over and over.
The witness grabbed a nearby gun and ran after the fleeing felon and shot him. He was charged and convicted, eventually, of Manslaughter.
Now the rest of the story - What had happened was the man. the husband, had never liked the woman's pet cat, he was allergic. One afternoon he wasa home alone and locked the cat in the bathroom where it, in an attempt to get a drink of water, slipped and fell into the commode and the seat and lid, which the man, in typical man fashion, fell on it, and it drowned. When the wife found the cat, which he hadn't noticed had expired, she lost her temper "a little" and chased him from the house waving the knife that she picked up on the way through the kitchen.
He thought he was fully justified in shooting a fleeing felon, and was very surprised when she ran up and said the same thing to him - "You've killed him, you murderer!"
So why the little tale? Do you know that the confrontation wasn't a case were the shooter was justified in using deadly force to defend himself? Would you be justified in drawing after the shooting if such was the case?
#2. - Sit there and get ready while being an excellent witness.
Years ago a man was arrested in another state for shooting a man running down a street. He had witnessed the man running form a house across the street followed closely by a woman, waving a knife, who he knew was the man's wife and who was screaming "You've killed him, you murderer!" over and over.
The witness grabbed a nearby gun and ran after the fleeing felon and shot him. He was charged and convicted, eventually, of Manslaughter.
Now the rest of the story - What had happened was the man. the husband, had never liked the woman's pet cat, he was allergic. One afternoon he wasa home alone and locked the cat in the bathroom where it, in an attempt to get a drink of water, slipped and fell into the commode and the seat and lid, which the man, in typical man fashion, fell on it, and it drowned. When the wife found the cat, which he hadn't noticed had expired, she lost her temper "a little" and chased him from the house waving the knife that she picked up on the way through the kitchen.
He thought he was fully justified in shooting a fleeing felon, and was very surprised when she ran up and said the same thing to him - "You've killed him, you murderer!"
So why the little tale? Do you know that the confrontation wasn't a case were the shooter was justified in using deadly force to defend himself? Would you be justified in drawing after the shooting if such was the case?
#2. - Sit there and get ready while being an excellent witness.