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October 9, 2011, 03:02 AM | #26 |
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We have a law that allows the spanking of children in Colorado. The sad part is that we needed to write a law at all. Corporal punishment of your own child is not a crime. Unfortunately, parents are fearful of disciplining their children because they are afraid some busybody will have CPS waiting on their doorstep when they get home.
I am a cashier at a large retailer and we go through the issue of unruly, destructive, undisciplined children raging through the store almost daily. Screaming fits, throwing merchandise, breaking merchandise, you name it. The parents do nothing and the rest of the public pays for the destruction. They are afraid to do anything and we cannot do anything either. We just clean up the mess and raise the prices.
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October 9, 2011, 03:15 AM | #27 |
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jimpeel, will you admit that maybe that's a slight over-exaggeration?
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October 9, 2011, 03:51 AM | #28 |
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Florida allows any force up to and including lethal force to stop this fleeing person who committed a "violent felony"
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October 9, 2011, 11:42 AM | #29 |
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Exaggeration!? Hardly. I deal with it daily in my pizza shop. I've had kids look me right in the eyes, dump a glass of soda on the floor, smirk and say "Oops"... then walk out the door. Their mother sits there screaming "sit down! Shut up! Knock it off! Shut up! Get over here!" SHE might as well sit down and shut up, all she does is add to the chaos.
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The parents are as bad as the kids. The other night I had a couple with two kids. There was one in the basket lying on a Rockies souvenir pillow that costs ~$25. She said "I have to give you the pillow. He's sick and I needed something to lay him on." The kid was obviously feverish and was sweating. She hands me the pillow after the sale concludes and leaves. I had to claim the pillow out as contaminated. Would you want your child lying on that pillow after it has been contaminated? We lost that profit and it has to be made up elsewhere. The kids pick up products and the parents take it away and place it wherever they happen to be standing. We have to put it all back. That costs labor. The parents are just as bad. Someone took chewed food out of their kid's mouth in a paper towel and then put it in a candy display. I had to claim out all of the candy as contaminated. One day, I found an eight pound ham in the candy that is displayed at the register. I had to claim out the ham and all of the candy on which it leaked. These are just a few examples of what we find every day. All of this costs profit which must be made up elsewhere and you pay for that. Did I mention the Code Adams? We have at least two each week. The kids run off and the parents panic. They are the ones at fault but we spend resources looking for their lost kids. And then there are the "Lost Mommy" pages when we find some wandering child and take them to Customer Service. Sometimes we have to page numerous times; and then there are the pages which must be repeated in Spanish because the lost mommy doesn't speak English and can't understand the page about their kid. Sometimes it takes ten minutes for Mommy to come get their kid. So, am I exaggerating? Not in the least.
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Gun Control: The premise that a woman found in an alley, raped and strangled with her own pantyhose, is morally superior to allowing that same woman to defend her life with a firearm. "Science is built up with facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house." - Jules Henri Poincare "Three thousand people died on Sept. 11 because eight pilots were killed" -- former Northwest Airlines pilot Stephen Luckey |
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October 9, 2011, 04:28 PM | #31 |
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Every child needs discipline period.
But I wouldn't shoot em in the back either.
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October 10, 2011, 10:44 AM | #32 |
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FYI...in Texas it is legally permissible to shoot a fleeing offender, even if he/she poses no threat to you. Specifically, you are permitted to shoot in order to stop a nighttime burglary. If you are able to demonstrate that the other party was engaged in nighttime burglary, you not be required to prove any of the threat elements in your defense.
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October 10, 2011, 01:11 PM | #33 |
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This happened a few years ago and the press went nuts. This guy shot a repo man who was towing away his car. The guy lobbed a round at the tow truck but didn't think he hit the guy until the next morning when the truck was found in a ditch with the dead driver inside.
The guy was not charged as he was acting within the law which goes back to the horse rustling days. When the press asked what repo men were to do about this kind of response, the sheriff said "I'd suggest they get into another line of work."
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October 10, 2011, 08:06 PM | #34 | |
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Sec.*9.42.**DEADLY FORCE TO PROTECT PROPERTY. A person is justified in using deadly force against another to protect land or tangible, movable property: (1)**if he would be justified in using force against the other under Section 9.41; and (2)**when and to the degree he reasonably believes the deadly force is immediately necessary: (A)**to prevent the other's imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime, or criminal mischief during the nighttime; or (B)**to prevent the other who is fleeing immediately after committing burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, or theft during the nighttime from escaping with the property; and (3)**he reasonably believes that: (A)**the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means; or (B)**the use of force other than deadly force to protect or recover the land or property would expose the actor or another to a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury. A couple of points, if it is burglary, then it doesn't matter what time of day it is. The restriction to night time only applies to criminal mischief and theft. Second, you can only shoot at some fleeing if you meet both 9.41 and 9.42. I know of at least two store clerks and one CHL who were convicted of felonies when they shot a thief/burglar who was fleeing. The question of whether the property can be recovered by other means can get tricky. Last edited by Bartholomew Roberts; October 10, 2011 at 08:12 PM. |
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October 11, 2011, 10:58 AM | #35 |
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It seems to me that the bottom line is that you can't call that bullet back. Regardless of the law, if you pull that trigger, you'd better be damned sure that it's for a very, very good reason. If you've got to rely on the letter of the law for your defense, it seems that you may be walking an extremely fine line. If you're using the law to find a reason to shoot somebody, that may be crossing it, at least morally.
It may be that the guy you shoot isn't worth the air that he was breathing, but dead is dead.
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October 11, 2011, 11:15 AM | #36 |
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Exactly!
Pulling the trigger is the Most important decision you will Ever make! I myself, DO NOT take it lightly, and pray I never find myself in a situation where I have to make such a decision! Shoot someone? Yes I can! Spend 20 years or so in prison for making a bad judgment call? Not so much!
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October 14, 2011, 06:50 PM | #37 |
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Then we have TENNESSEE v. GARNER, 471 U.S. 1 (1985) 471 U.S. 1 in which the SCotUS ruled that the law allowing an officer to shoot a fleeing suspect was found to be unconstitutional.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/script...vol=471&page=1 So even the police are not allowed to shoot a fleeing suspect if that suspect is not believed to pose a danger or is not thought to be armed.
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October 16, 2011, 12:46 AM | #38 |
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Since the story was about an incident in Warner Robins, GA; GA law should apply.
The following quote is of the applicable GA statute (in part) which should apply to this set of facts. Quote:
The article reports: Quote:
TENNESSEE v. GARNER, 471 U.S. 1 (1985) 471 U.S. 1 ( cited in jimpeel's post #37) can be distinguished from this report in that the bad guy could be classified as both armed and dangerous (unlike the deceased in the SCOTUS case) as he had shot someone (the father) only seconds before the son shot the bad guy.
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October 16, 2011, 06:57 PM | #40 |
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Seems to me that if the fleeing felon had been shooting at people, and still had the firearm, that the protection of third parties and prevention of forcible felony components of the Georgia law might arguably apply.
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