Gil223
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The news story goes, that Joe Biden once said:
I guess Biden forgot to mention the "Upon arrival, the police will promptly charge you with a crime" part. Here's what PsMO... the weapon wasn't "used in the commission of a crime", it was used in the termination of a crime already in progress. Overlooking the fact that Biden is a farging idiot, how does "lethal force" find it's way into this scenario? In order to be considered "lethal/deadly", wouldn't the "force" need to be applied directly to some creature that could actually die? It sounds like the cops were just piling on as many charges as they could dream up. In the complete article it mentions that this activity took place in Oregon, but it doesn't mention the city (my guess would be northern Oregon, around the Salem-Portland area - that's where the left-wing loonies are concentrated). If this action took place in say, Grants Pass OR, and if the gun owner was charged with anything at all it would be something like "misdemeanor discharging a firearm within the city limits", and his punishment would be, "Say three Hail Armalite's, then go and sin no more." Apparently the cops in whatever town that was have no discretionary powers in their interpretation of what constitutes a crime, and they enforce the letter of the law, without regard for the law's intent. However, I suppose I should find such actions unsurprising, given the amount of pressure being brought to bear on firearms owners by the left-wing Administration and its minions in the DOJ and DoHS. Pax...
For details: http://politicaloutcast.com/2013/05...e-and-has-his-guns-confiscated/#ixzz2UtUEXH63"... put [up] that double barreled shotgun and fire two blasts outside the house.’ You don’t need an AR-15—it’s harder to aim, it’s harder to use, and in fact you don’t need 30 rounds to protect yourself. Buy a shotgun! Buy a shotgun!”
Well, this particular Oregon man (an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran) didn’t use a shotgun. He actually had an AR-15. Someone was trying to break in the back door of his apartment on Sunday night, and he told the criminal that he was armed and that he would fire one and only one warning shot. “This is the end result,” he explained to a local news station. “You break into someone’s house, there’s consequences,” As Walter Sobchak from The Big Lebowski would have said, “You are entering a world of pain.”
As for the military vet who took Joe Biden’s advice, he was charged with Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Menacing, and Reckless Endangering. They also confiscated his rifle, because it was “used in the commission of a crime.”
Police said that there was no justification for what Thompson did in firing a warning shot. Since Thompson told the police that he was trying to protect his property, there was no legal reason for him to use lethal force. The only time a citizen may use deadly force is when he believes his life is in danger. I guess this is just what happens when you take the Vice President’s advice.
I guess Biden forgot to mention the "Upon arrival, the police will promptly charge you with a crime" part. Here's what PsMO... the weapon wasn't "used in the commission of a crime", it was used in the termination of a crime already in progress. Overlooking the fact that Biden is a farging idiot, how does "lethal force" find it's way into this scenario? In order to be considered "lethal/deadly", wouldn't the "force" need to be applied directly to some creature that could actually die? It sounds like the cops were just piling on as many charges as they could dream up. In the complete article it mentions that this activity took place in Oregon, but it doesn't mention the city (my guess would be northern Oregon, around the Salem-Portland area - that's where the left-wing loonies are concentrated). If this action took place in say, Grants Pass OR, and if the gun owner was charged with anything at all it would be something like "misdemeanor discharging a firearm within the city limits", and his punishment would be, "Say three Hail Armalite's, then go and sin no more." Apparently the cops in whatever town that was have no discretionary powers in their interpretation of what constitutes a crime, and they enforce the letter of the law, without regard for the law's intent. However, I suppose I should find such actions unsurprising, given the amount of pressure being brought to bear on firearms owners by the left-wing Administration and its minions in the DOJ and DoHS. Pax...