There is another scenario that has been neglected: making an arrest. Most of
he situations presented involve offenses by the perp that authorize the
defender to make a custodial arrest, and to use a firearm to effect that
arrest. Of course, the defender should announce that it is an arrest, and
Professional police forces date from the early 19th Century (1829 in
London, England and 1844 in New York City, US -- see:
http://www.met.police.uk/history/definition.htm
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/policing.cfm )
It should be no surprise that citizens would have police
At 8:08 AM -0500 6/8/04, Jon Roland wrote:
There is another scenario that has been neglected: making an arrest. Most of
he situations presented involve offenses by the perp that authorize the
defender to make a custodial arrest, and to use a firearm to effect that
arrest. Of course, the
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Professional police forces date from the early 19th Century (1829 in
London, England and 1844 in New York
