Re: someone explain to me why this is even a debate?

"RD (The Sandman)" <rdsandman@(spamlock)comcast.net> wrote in
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> "¿mÿ§t뮦@n?" <?@?.com> wrote in
> news:i08nt1l7oent1117oeqtnn9f9ucmrv1q10@xxxxxxx:
>
>> In talk.politics.guns Peter Franks <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>betweentheeyes wrote:
>>>> "People who are attacked or defend others at risk of serious injury
>>>> or death should be allowed to use deadly force, legislators decided
>>>> Friday."
>>>>
>>>> I'm guessing it is just me, but WTF, why is this even a debated
>>>> issue?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "The measure says people may use deadly force and have no duty to
>>>> retreat if they are in places where they may legally be - such as
>>>> homes and businesses."
>>>>
>>>> another WTF ... why is the location of the attack of importance?
>>>
>>>It is there and important to not afford an offender a legal stance.
>>>
>>>For example, consider an armed burglar entering a home, and it thus
>>>confronted by the armed owner. The burglar shoots the owner.
>>>
>>>Then in court, the burglar makes the claim that he was 'defending
>>>himself from serious injury or death' and is therefore exempt from
>>>prosecution of shooting the owner. Without the stipulation "may
>>>legally be", he may have a legal claim.
>>
>> Yet he probably isn't exempt. Use of a firearm during commission of a
>> crime of violence causing death of a person. The mere carrying of a
>> gun by the burglar makes it a crime of violence, negating his "self
>> defense" excuse. What do you think?
>
> The wording in the similar bill here in Arizona includes the words
> "legally" and "lawfully". Ergo, the burglar would need to show that
he
> was legally and lawfully in your home heading for the door with your TV
> set.

I need to add "or your car" since the bill here also includes carjacking
attempts.


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