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Darwood wrote:What is the counsel on post-event actions?

To say "He tried to kill me and I shot to stop him."

Then, if asked further questions, say you don't feel well (it will be the truth) and you need to talk to a lawyer.

- Jim

para driver wrote:unfortunately, the shooter is wide open for civil lawsuit, being several months short of the 'castle doctrine'..

Since the shootee lived, he could sue only for damages. The county is paying for his medical treatment.

When a criminal is killed, his family sues for wrongful death. That's what leads to the large judgments in rare cases that succeed.

- Jim

LedJedi wrote:I would, however, like to point out that the police have ALREADY ruled it as self defense.

Minor point: The police don't "rule" anything. They obviously thought at the time that the CHL holder violated no law (which says a lot).

The DA could still press charges. I consider that extremely unlikely.

- Jim

Liberty wrote:The CHL holder went outside to get the CHL holder.

If you mean "the CHL holder's relative went outside," that's not what the story I posted says. It says she called him (presumably on a cell phone) from inside the store.

As to the question of why the police don't want citizens "taking the law into their own hands," as they often put it: When they arrive at a crime scene they want to be able to sort out the good guys from the bad guys. That's more difficult if multiple armed people are present.

- Jim

three armed men walked into the store and began robbing customers and employees.

This story doesn't say what they were armed with.

Here's another story: http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news ... 58522.html

The victim's husband confronted the suspects in the store and shot one of the fleeing suspects after one had pointed a gun at him.

If two or more had firearms, this brave citizen was extremely lucky.

- Jim