Author Topic: 71y/o Marine shoots 2 robbers, kills 1.Dead guy's granny wants fmr-Marine charge  (Read 5610 times)

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Offline CrAz3D

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....d  (damn it, so close)

http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_179085840.html

71y/o retired Marine was finishing eating when 2 dudes came in to rob the joint with masks and guns.
They tried to force him into bathroom, he distracted them and pulled out his .45 firing 7 shots.  One guy got hit in the head and stomach.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbsubway0629nbjun29,0,1772093.story?coll=sfla-news-broward
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But Gadson's grandmother, Rosa Jones, said: "He ain't no hero. He is a murderer and God will serve justice."

She and her husband, Ivory Jones, pastor of a Fort Lauderdale church, sat on their front porch in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday wondering how a man could shoot two people and not go to jail.
WTF!?  Somebody needs to hit them with a big ol' 2"x4" of reality, SHEESH.  Knock some sense into those old folks.
Their grandson was a horrible person and got everything he deserved.

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Did he legally have the right to shoot the person?

If so, I can still see him going to jail for possessing a concealed weapon, unless his Marine service and training gives him that right.

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Police say the customer did have a concealed weapons permit, and will not be charged.

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I'd personally do as Joe suggests

You might be right about that, Joe.


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If you ask me, they deserved to get shot.

Offline CrAz3D

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Did he legally have the right to shoot the person?
They were armed, masked, stealing his money, and man-hanlding him from what the article says.  That, in my mind, would be a threat to his life = okey dokey to lay those bastards out

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Fair enough. I sort of looked over the manhandling part -- I'd have layed them out too, I guess. :)
I'd personally do as Joe suggests

You might be right about that, Joe.


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Reminds me of the last scene in Pulp Fiction :P

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Reminds me of the last scene in Pulp Fiction :P
Explain?

I havent seen the movie in a few years

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Did he legally have the right to shoot the person?

Depend on state law.  In Arizona, they can: 13-406 and 13-408 ARS.
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The guy did good.


I wish they had laws like that in Canada. The laws here try and make the victim the bad guy.  >:(

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MyndFyre: I was sort of basing it on the common law of the right to "take someone's life to preserve your own", AKA kill-or-be-killed.
I'd personally do as Joe suggests

You might be right about that, Joe.


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MyndFyre: I was sort of basing it on the common law of the right to "take someone's life to preserve your own", AKA kill-or-be-killed.
Common law is BS if there is a statute that says otherwise