I could... I'm pretty good at clays. But it's hard to swing a 30-inch O/U 12 gauge in a crowded corridor!
I agree on all those self-defense points. Everybody has the right to defend themselves.Point of fact here: The truck owner did not "shoot the thief because the thief stole his truck." The truck owner presumably shot the thief in self-defense because the thief produced a firearm threatening and then using deadly force on the owner of the truck!
I'll not debate the mistakes the truck owner made in getting to that point, but a private citizen carrying a firearm for self-defense and being met with a deadly force threat, shoots TO STOP THE THREAT, just as an LEO is trained to shoot to stop the threat in the course of doing that increasingly difficult job. Unless there is evidence to the contrary, neither private citizen nor an LEO "shoots to kill." That distinction is important and that mindset should be part of any reputable training in self-defense, concealed carry courses, etc. OR if the private citizen is carrying where a license/permit is not required (such as we now have here in Florida and over half of these United States), then they need either seek out quality self-defense training that includes training on "use of force statutes." Alternatively they need study those statutes very thoroughly on their own, which can be daunting. Otherwise, the legal consequences can be dire!
My wife sometimes calls me John Wick.
We can "what if" this case to death. I'll stick with the known facts of this case and work from there. I'm guessing you're not from Texas, though.
The BIG fly in the Texas gun law ointment is their 30.06 / 30.07 sign laws - "No Guns" signs carry the weight of law. Booooooooooo!God bless Texas!
Visitor only. I have boots but no hat. I have a cousin in Kerrville though. Does that count for anything?We can "what if" this case to death. I'll stick with the known facts of this case and work from there. I'm guessing you're not from Texas, though.
It'll be interesting to see if Attorney Andrew Branca, author of The Law of Self Defense - The Indispensable Guide for the Armed Citizen and his LOSD website will cover this case in one of his Legal Analysis videos sometime after he finishes his reading of the NYSRPA vs Bruen SCOTUS ruling. In the meantime, God bless Texas!
I don't know if anyone heeds those signs in TX, but speaking of flying and carrying the weight of something, I hope I don't get the middle seat between these two. Unless it crashes. Then I will probably walk away without a scratch. Human airbags.
There's plenty of Texans that are all hat and no cattle.
I've never been known as overweight and have been a gym rat most of my adult life, but still felt like I was carrying more than I should. So I've gone to much more healthy diet, exercise regularly, and have lost 44 lb over the last 18 months (over 20% of my peak body weight). I'm even close to what I weighed when I graduated Basic Training in 1980, but it appears those two found it, plus a lot more, a whole lot more!
I am not a lawyer but here is a video from a couple of Texas lawyers discussing a Texan who tracked his truck that was stolen in Texas to Texas where he confronted, then shot to death the Texan who stole it... it might be relevant to this discussion.
View: https://youtu.be/M1Mm9M5y7vQ
Very good post.
Well done! I have a similar story. I was an all-sport as a kid. Boxing, wrestling, football, baseball, and track. In my late 20's I got lazy and soft. Traveling all the time and eating too much unhealthy restaurant food, drinking too much alcohol. I didn't gain a lot of weight but lost a lot of muscle and energy. In my early 30's I changed jobs and was in the gym almost every day. A year or so later, I was ripped. Lost about 25-30 lbs. Hiring a trainer made a huge difference. The guy was really good. What I had been taught about weight training, cardio and nutrition in my younger years was all wrong.
Note how slimedia is calling the perp the "victim" What would you internet lawyers have him do? Let the perps get away? He was probably rightfully pissed off and did not want another unsolved crime. That is what it would have been because the cops would arrive, the perp would see them around the stolen truck coming out of the mall and hightail it out of there. Probably call his Piece Of Shit brother to give him a ride...
It sounds like the vehicle owner did the right thing, called police, tracked down the truck, rightfully confronted the perp since when seconds count, the police are minutes away.
Perp was out of the vehicle (according to the news story). S.A. C.O.P. indicated it was a "good" shoot...
