I live in New England an as my father used to say, if you shoot someone
breaking into your home, wait until the body will fall inside, and make
sure they're dead, (and if the fall outside, make sure you drag them in).
Bob Blakely wrote:
From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Not quite, a lawyer must be convinced that you'll win your case, or
be presented with large sums of money in advance before he'll take
action.
Does not change what I said, even if lawyers are somewhat more
expensive than a modern pistol.
If you kill someone in self defense, even in you own living room in
some cases you may still end up being charged with and convicted of some
level of murder.
Not likely in my state.
If you only maim them once again in that same living room, you may
yourself be sued.
Being sued is not the same as loosing a suit. I pay my friend Barry
very small retainer to handle the possibility of this and other
annoyances.
The point being that if 100 guilty men go free, there was a better
chance of protecting oneself than we are allowed today.
What the hell does this crap mean? Someone may say, "It's better that
100 guilty go free than 1 innocent be imprisoned." That's a far cry
from being the actual odds. But even if it was, then the odds would be
in my favor if I was charged! Where do you think I live? England?
Even so, the old saying, "Better to be judged by twelve than carried
by six!"
Bob Blakely wrote:
We still have duels. Today we duel by proxy. We call these
proxies... lawyers.
Regards,
Bob...
--
When you're worried or in doubt,
Run in circles, (scream and shout).
