Car owner kills Carnapper !

[niky]

o, what's up with the attitude?..lawyer?...even the mispelled word of bmw, bothered ka?
Again, if you don't know the first hand info re this, stop na lang pls...nakakahiya, kase most people who were leaving comments here really knew what happened..if you're talking about being a responsible gun owner, this guy did the right thing..and even you, can't say na he's irresponsible...everyone has the divine right to protect yourself and your offspring..speak for yourself na lang...pag nangyari sa yo ito tomorrow, you won't go after your carnappers because you're just scared, dude.
Proguns are happy about this. We have the right to protect ourselves....the law that you were talking about...swallow it, or might as well, just save it for dessert.

There is no "divine" right to self-protection... just the "human" right.

Divine rights to self-protection can justify anything from stoning an infidel to burning a witch.

The human right is the right to life. That means that anyone who threatens that person's life directly is now forfeiting their own right to life, and the gun owner can then take the action he deems necessary to prevent the loss of his life or that of his family.

The issue at hand is... the robber was getting away and no longer posed a direct threat to the gun owner and his family, so shooting him in the back is legally no longer a case of self-defense. Since he was shooting the man while he was still in possession of stolen property, though, he was still in the act of committing a crime, so the mitigating circumstances should prevail.

Can't say the criminal didn't have it coming. If somebody points a weapon at me and mine, I'm not going to take that sitting down, either.

JUST REFRAIN FROM CORRECTING SOMEONE'S GRAMMAR OR MISSPELLED WORDS BECAUSE IT IS VERY AGGRAVATING.

It's perfectly acceptable to correct someone else's grammar... since, according to the rules of Tsikot, everyone is supposed to post clearly and legibly, and to use proper language. And proper language on the internet means no SHOUTING, please. ;)

http://tsikot.yehey.com/forums/annou....php?f=18&a=19

Technically, I'm inclined to side with Praetor, in that the car owner CAN be charged with homicide (or murder), based only on the newspaper report. (There are a lot of caveats here however, so I'm reserving final judgement until after I've read a comprehensive report on the matter.

+1

I doubt the police will push for prosecution. But the gun-owner might have to request for police protection, or at least a bodyguard, since the syndicate knows where he lives and may now have a reason to go after him again.

If I were in his shoes, I'd be more scared now than at the time of the incident. During the incident, he could see his attackers face-to-face. If they come after him again, he may not see it coming...

I sincerely hope the guy will be all right.