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My turn to give my opinion. We could "Monday morning quarterback" this situation till we are all dead and buried. Until we walk in this guys shoes we don't know exactly how we would react. I for one agree with what he did because I firmly beleive that a person should have the right to defend themselves from a threat. If these "people" on his front lawn were threatening his family with bodily harm I feel he took the right course of action. BUT he did not follow the law. I may be mistaken but isn't NY a retreat state. By that I mean aren't you required to retreat from a violent situation not defend yourself?
There are two different ways of looking at this situation. One is, did he follow the law of the state he lives in. Acording to the Police he did not. The second is, would I have done the same thing? I do honestly beleive I would have. I don't think I would have fired a warning shot though. In many states a warning shot is the same as a shot aimed at someone. I am a former LEO and Combat Veteran. I strongly believe that we have the right to defend ourselves from violence. We also need to remember that we also have to follow the Law or we could end up the one in handcuffs and not the real person or persons we are trying to protect ourselves and family from.
If I was confronted on my property by a gang of 20 or so hoodlums I would probably reach for a gun also. I am not going to try to debate whether or not he was involved with a rival gang or if he did something to "incite" their anger. He was confronted with a situation that could have cost his family their lives and he did what he thought was an appropriate responce. In my opinion you don't bring a knife to a gun fight, you bring a tank. You cannot win a fight by fighting the other guy fairly. You have to beat the crap out of him so he never wants to mess with you again.
Also, if he does end up in court the Prosecutor has to prove that he had criminal intent. If his lawyer is any good he will show the jury that he was only trying to protect his family. I am a gun owner, I am 100% for being able to defend yourself. I do think though that firing 4 rounds into the ground was stupid. If he did it to attract the police and that was his only way of doing so, then OK. But, he stated that he instructed his wife to call the Police he didn't need to fire a shot unless he was in immediate danger of physical harm. All his wife had to do was tell the dispatcher her hubby was holding the "mob" at bay with a firearm and that would have brought every patrolman in that area ASAP.
Again, just my opinion. Until any of us have been in his position we don't know what we would do
There are two different ways of looking at this situation. One is, did he follow the law of the state he lives in. Acording to the Police he did not. The second is, would I have done the same thing? I do honestly beleive I would have. I don't think I would have fired a warning shot though. In many states a warning shot is the same as a shot aimed at someone. I am a former LEO and Combat Veteran. I strongly believe that we have the right to defend ourselves from violence. We also need to remember that we also have to follow the Law or we could end up the one in handcuffs and not the real person or persons we are trying to protect ourselves and family from.
If I was confronted on my property by a gang of 20 or so hoodlums I would probably reach for a gun also. I am not going to try to debate whether or not he was involved with a rival gang or if he did something to "incite" their anger. He was confronted with a situation that could have cost his family their lives and he did what he thought was an appropriate responce. In my opinion you don't bring a knife to a gun fight, you bring a tank. You cannot win a fight by fighting the other guy fairly. You have to beat the crap out of him so he never wants to mess with you again.
Also, if he does end up in court the Prosecutor has to prove that he had criminal intent. If his lawyer is any good he will show the jury that he was only trying to protect his family. I am a gun owner, I am 100% for being able to defend yourself. I do think though that firing 4 rounds into the ground was stupid. If he did it to attract the police and that was his only way of doing so, then OK. But, he stated that he instructed his wife to call the Police he didn't need to fire a shot unless he was in immediate danger of physical harm. All his wife had to do was tell the dispatcher her hubby was holding the "mob" at bay with a firearm and that would have brought every patrolman in that area ASAP.
Again, just my opinion. Until any of us have been in his position we don't know what we would do
