http://www.gunnuts.net/2013/08/08/dear-gunstore-lawyers-shut-up/
The concept is explored in a bit more depth of the absolute reliance one can place on advice from gunstore employees, the guy at the next table at the restaurant, or even someone who is not only an attorney but your attorney, unless they are able to back up what they say with not only citations, but with proof they understand what they are talking about.
There are some things that you might think do not need to be both cited and defined/explained. But this example of misunderstanding the Tueller "Rule" shows that often it is better to check to see if the person telling you some "established fact" actually knows what they are talking about.
stay safe.
.... Our helpful gunstore legal expert had at some point confused the phrase “21 foot rule” with Virginia law, and had interpreted those words to mean that if you so much as touch a gun while a threat is more than 21 feet away, you’ve committed a violent felony. Instead of checking with a lawyer who had some experience with self defense precedent or perhaps chatting with police UOF experts or looking through Virginia code or Supreme Court decisions for the supposed law…or, hell, even bothering to google it…he began passing off his “You’re a felon if you draw!” interpretation of the 21 foot rule to people who showed up in his store.
I don’t have the words for how much this pisses me off. Well, I do, but an article comprised entirely of swear words and casting aspersions upon that man and the lineage that produced him wouldn’t be productive. Why, you may ask, does it make me so angry? Because it puts people’s lives at risk. ....
The concept is explored in a bit more depth of the absolute reliance one can place on advice from gunstore employees, the guy at the next table at the restaurant, or even someone who is not only an attorney but your attorney, unless they are able to back up what they say with not only citations, but with proof they understand what they are talking about.
There are some things that you might think do not need to be both cited and defined/explained. But this example of misunderstanding the Tueller "Rule" shows that often it is better to check to see if the person telling you some "established fact" actually knows what they are talking about.
stay safe.