Preparedness for a home invasion

[Dannyalcatraz]

I think I'm well prepared. I recently got a H&K .40, which I keep next to my bed.

Rock & roll!

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

Nope, not even close.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Then it were a firearm made by fun-hating Germans.

 

[sabrinathecat]

Yes, but what if they have swords but are better or luckier than you?

Asked and answered. Next question.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Hey! That's MY line!

 

[sabrinathecat]

Hey! That's MY line!

Sorry for stealing your thunder. Good thing I haven't studied law outside of Boston Legal, Perry Mason, and Law&Order.

 

[Janx]

Ideally, a street gang should be able to use a properly drafted SYG law as a defense, if the circumstances support it.

Not in Texas. If gangs are illegal, or if the gangsters were doing something illegal, they lose the right to self defense. Carrying guns without a permit outside of their residence or vehicle for instance.

 

[Umbran]

Not in Texas. If gangs are illegal, or if the gangsters were doing something illegal, they lose the right to self defense.

Tell that to Zimmerman, who, by Danny's analysis upthread, should not have been able to use a Stand Your Ground Defense, but successfully did so anyway. The law does not operate without flaw.

Don't confuse, "Can use the defense in theory" and "Can use the defense in practice". In theory, as a member of a game engaged in something sketchy, they shouldn't get to use such a defense. But in reality, the truth of guilt of other things would themselves need to be proven in court. If they aren't proven, then the defense could well function.

 

[Janx]

Except zimmerman wasn't breaking the law. He had a right to be in his car. He had a right to exit his car. He had a right to walk through the neighborhood in the same direction as somebody else. He had a right to talk to somebody he met.

It all turned out to be a bad idea, but he wasnt breaking a law. Gangsters having guns were, whichh is why they dont have a right to self defense in Texas.

 

[Morrus]

Asked and answered. Next question.

No, you just denied that they could possibly be better than you. And while I appreciate that you may be the world's foremost super-ninja, there's always somebody better.

But never mind. Carry on. Conversation became weird.