71y/o Marine shoots 2 robbers, kills 1.Dead guy's granny wants fmr-Marine charge

[CrAz3D]

....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

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.

[Joe]

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.

EDIT -

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

I can read!

[Falcon]

If you ask me, they deserved to get shot.

[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

[Joe]

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

[Ender]

Reminds me of the last scene in Pulp Fiction :P

[CrAz3D]

Reminds me of the last scene in Pulp Fiction :P

Explain?

I havent seen the movie in a few years

[MyndFyre]

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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.

[Killer360]

The guy did good.


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

[Joe]

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.

[CrAz3D]

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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