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MLeake · October 5, 2009, 06:02 PM

... that self-defense goes out the window, if the action results from a felony committed by the guy claiming self-defense.

I'm also pretty sure that in most jurisdictions, shooting a dog from the back of a pickup truck (IE not remotely threatened by the dog) would be felony animal cruelty. Discharging the firearm in a residential area may well have been a felony, as well.

So I think it would be very hard for the shotgunner to claim SD. Won't stop him from trying...

October 5, 2009, 06:02 PM	#8
MLeake Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: Outside KC, MO Posts: 10,128	I'm pretty sure... ... that self-defense goes out the window, if the action results from a felony committed by the guy claiming self-defense. I'm also pretty sure that in most jurisdictions, shooting a dog from the back of a pickup truck (IE not remotely threatened by the dog) would be felony animal cruelty. Discharging the firearm in a residential area may well have been a felony, as well. So I think it would be very hard for the shotgunner to claim SD. Won't stop him from trying...