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Friend of mine had a breaching charge used on his door by Teleflora. Then the delivery person through a flashbang through his window before performing a singing telegram to go with the flowers, all while dressed in SWAT tactical gear.

Luckily he (my friend) didn't use his "Ma Deuce" M2 50cal beltfed that he has aiming at the door....'cuz the depleted uranium bullet with tungsten-carbide penetrater would've gone through "Fluffy" his neighbors pet poodle. That would be at least a "RIDE" for animal cruelty.

Eric Lamberson wrote:Our legislators write many of our laws this way. I always tell my students: Defense against prosecution does not mean you cannot be arrested, charged, and tried. It just has the potential to make the foundation of your defense a little firmer.

You can be arrested, charged, and tried for anything "legal" or otherwise. A defense will always prevent you from being convicted if the plain meaning law is followed. In order to convict you the prosecution must prove to the highest legal standard (beyond a reasonable doubt) that the DEFENSE did NOT exist.

ALL the justifications in PC CH9 are Defenses to Prosecution. So in that sense you could say that self defense is illegal, just as carrying a handgun w/ CHL, or to the range, or to a sporting activity, is illegal.

Oh...no...the RIDE!!! The RIDE!!!

I like to think of myself as law abiding, but I almost daily commit a class A misdemeanor by carrying my gun, with only the DEFENSE to PROSECUTION of a CHL.

If "Defense to Prosecution" is not equal to legal, then we should all stop carrying with CHL, since the EXCEPTION for CHL provided by 46.15 has been ruled to be a Defense.

VP Joe Biden says you SHOULD. With your double barrel shotgun, which is all you need for defense. Not a handgun or assault weapon.