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December 17, 2008, 11:52 AM | #26 |
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Great discussion. Really, after this is all boiled down it shows what happens in a political correct society. Yes, it's clear Fish had poor representation and mistakes were made but it is also very clear that Fish acted reasonably given the situation. Slick lawyers and a society dumbed down leads us to where we are today.
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December 17, 2008, 11:55 AM | #27 |
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The judge threw out evidence of the victim's menacing/personality disorders. I say that calls for an appeal.
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December 17, 2008, 12:15 PM | #28 |
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now im scared to carry my gun!
I would rather die than be found guilty because some morons cannot understand the laws they are hired to uphold. No innocent person wants to go to prison for 10 years with TRUE criminals. Is this guy STILL in prison? Geeze...I carry a Glock 20, 10mm in the wilderness sometimes too. :barf:so so so so sad.:barf:
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None of the evidence about timelines, or not remembering what the man he shot said, etc would have been presented at the trial. In fact there probably would not have been a trial, if Fish would have kept silent.
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December 17, 2008, 12:54 PM | #30 |
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It's a very very borderline case. I thought evidence of the 10mm "HOLLOWPOINT!!!" took advantage of the juries ignorance. 10mm is a great anti-bear round, and as someone else pointed out, was utilized by the FBI at before.
I didn't read any evidence between the physical fitness between two parties. One person was a fire-inspector (big bulky, burly, young and in shape?) and the other was a retired school teacher (57, perhaps frail?). That may have established a more reasonable use of deadly force... It's too bad the case turned out the way it did. Hopefully he'll get his sentence abrogated in to probation. |
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The truth is that: 1) The defense should have been better prepared to combat this ridiculous allegation, and 2) this sort of crap shouldn't be allowed in a court of law when it has absolutely no bearing on the facts of the case in the first place. The facts are that the handgun itself was legally owned and carried, and that Fish had also completed a fair amount of formal training on defensive shooting with this weapon. A prosecutor shouldn't be allowed then to make an argument about something like this when it is immaterial to the hard facts.:barf: Tell me, how is it that the prosecutor gets to bring into question the caliber of the defendant's weapon while the defense doesn't get to introduce Mr. Kuenzli's past history of violence? It's a ridiculous double standard that reeks of prosecutorial misconduct and abuse of power in the legal system.:barf: |
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Personally my answering of questions after a shoot would be held only to those things immediately visible absent of opinion with the addition of "I was in fear for my life and acted to stop the threat." After that it is lawyer time.
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December 17, 2008, 01:56 PM | #33 |
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Bottom line is they are going to take you to the police station REGARDLESS of what you say at the scene. The less said, the better. Request an attorney, and shut the hell up after that.
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December 17, 2008, 03:26 PM | #34 |
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Here is the point and exact reasoning as to why you should use the local patrol officer's weapons and ammo exactly.
1.) Your greatest enemy after the incident is over is now the local prosecutor and police. 2.) Both the prosecutor and the police will use everything and anything against you to support their case. 3.) Just about anything can be twisted and turned into a negative. For example, if the local police are carrying 8 shot 1911s in .45 and you are using a P226 with a 20 shot magazine then the argument might be that the police do not feel the need to use such high capacity weapons OR lets say the police are using the P226 with a 20 shot magazine and you are using the 1911 in .45. It could be argued that the police don't feel the need to carry such a large caliber and you used the 1911 for its intimidating effect. Another example is the rounds. Lets say you use the Winchester Ranger T series (ole Black Talons) and the police use the Federal Hydrashocks. It can be said that you used the ole Black Talon round that the police feel they dont need to use.... You see how the logic can be twisted about. If you use the exact same rounds, pistol and caliber that the police use and the prosecutor sames something negative about your weapons choice, then they are essentially throwing their own police force under the bus. The prosecutor is not going to throw his buddies under the bus and opening up a can of worms by saying their local force is using inhumane or extraordinary weaponry that no one uses. So if the local patrol officer is using a Glock 22 with Federal Hydrashocks, then thats what you use. The prosecutor isnt going to throw his officers under the bus. Lets say the prosecutor mentions this in court and your attorney objects. The judge MIGHT instruct the jurors to disregard, but will the jurors really disregard? Will that bit of information suddenly disappear from their minds? What if your attorney is sleeping and does not object or doesn't have the sense to object? Take note, Im not saying the police or the prosecutor are generally our enemies or adversaries. However, I think they should be viewed as such when you are sitting with a smoking pistol over a dead body. In that case, then your attorney is your best friend and everyone else is the enemy. Last edited by JohnH1963; December 17, 2008 at 03:32 PM. |
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Sorry, some common sense must be used here and many defensive shootings never progress to an arrest because all the pieces fell into place at the scene. Don't get elaborate. Don't hypothesize. State only what they see and stick to having feared for your life and having acted to stop the threat. Beyond that is lawyer time. Saying nothing will GUARANTEE being guilty in the LEO's eyes first.
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So have you had the same training as the LEOs? Have you had your proficiency documented regularly? Does the city buy you your gun and ammo? I don't think so. You are in a different situation. While I would advise against any round advertised as a "Man Killer 3000" and using a Desert Eagle .50 with "FINAL JUSTICE" engraved on the side there is no reason to shy away from a legal standpoint from any commonly available ammunition type in general use or caliber functionally suited to the task. Fish was hung out to dry on caliber and bullet type because his representation was stupid.
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Contrary to what you might think, I'm not suggesting never cooperating with the police nor never saying anything to them, only having a competent attorney with you when they do ask questions, so as to help you avoid making potentially contradictory or unintentionally self-incriminating remarks. |
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No, you can still make the case the the FBI spent millions and decided it was the right round to use. Note that the FBI also no longer uses the .357 magnum or 9mm so are those rounds therefore invalidated?
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and there are still agents with arms in 10mm out there.
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Someone should have cried foul and confronted this allegation showing first of all that some agencies have and do use the 10mm as a service cartridge, and I'd suspect that in 2004 there would have been an even larger number of agencies still using the 10mm. Our agency alone could have provided an example of one sizable department that was doing so only a year before this incident. But if one is to argue that there is a case in support of the 10mm being excessive because some agencies have moved away from it, then that claim too needs to be confronted by examining the reasons why said agencies moved on from this cartridge. I'd submit that if you talk to those actually in the know, those making decisions at an agency level to make these changes, you'd find that no one has suggested that the 10mm was excessive. Is the recoil sharp? Sure. Is the frame of a 10mm too large for those with smaller hands? Sure. Is the 10mm a more expensive round than other possible service rounds? Certainly. However, none of this has to do with the round itself being excessive in the sense this prosecution argued. This trial should have been about Fish's decision to use lethal force, and this prosecutor should not have been allowed to cloud that question with this whole issue of caliber. Ridiculous, irrelevant, and one more indication that the judicial system is broken.:barf: |
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Man gets railroaded by our justice system?
Three cases come to mind right here in NC that have been in the news 1. Darryl Hunt 2. Kalvin Michael Smith 3. The Duke Lacrosse team Just because men wear badges or work for the court system to put bad men behind bars, don't assume that their intentions are honorable and just.
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I believe the designation is MP-5/10 and yes they are still out there. One agent shoots at a range with a buddy of mine and swears by his. They wanted to give him a CAR and he refused since the MP-5/10 was so handy.
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Sorry, but I have been down this path before. Your argument does not hold water. Certainly a prosecutor can try to make it but a COMPETENT Defense Attorney can easily tear it apart. The defense here though was INCOMPETENT on several fronts, caliber being only ONE. There were SEVERAL ways to eliminate the attack on the gun, caliber and bullet, defense was just too stupid to do so.
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The ONLY statement to make is: "I want an attorney." Once you say that, questioning stops. Statements after that should be limited to things like, "The cuffs are kinda tight." And, "You wanna brace me while I get in the back of the cruiser?" "I need to pee." |
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I have read a bit about this incident. What I read when reporters talked to the jury after the trial indicated that the 10 MM and hollow points didn't really figure in their decision. What the jury felt was that Fish overreacted to the situation and that is why they convicted him. They knew the other guy (Kuenzli) had some violence issues and many of them said they wished Fish had taken the stand to tell his side of it. He chose not to. One question I have had about this one was that Fish had a walking stick but did not use it to fend off the dogs but went straight for the gun and threw the stick away. I am not sure at all about this one being justice denied. This has been discussed before BTW many times on this forum like here: http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...ht=harold+fish. My takeaway? Try real hard NOT to shoot somebody.
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so those of you saying you should carry the same thing the local PD carries are saying that its wrong to carry a gun that will do what its intended for just because some prosecutor might say its to big? any reasonable defense attorney would squash that in a heart beat. and as far as hollow points go they ARE the standard for self defense rounds.
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