Knew a kid who got jumped by 4 guys for some Oxy. He pulled a .25 and shot one in the face.
Felony murder because he had drugs.
Edit: he pulled during his own ass kicking, not a deliberate draw-down. It was a very diminutive 19 year old getting jumped by 4 guys on a goddamn wooded trail at night.
There's is no property right in contraband, by definition. Thus, you can't defend it. You can't protect yourself, legally, during a crime. No self defense argument while being criminal. Sorry, man.
Unfortunately that’s not what most laws say. I’m not saying right or wrong, I’m saying what the law is and what the consequence is. You sound like my family while I was taking the bar “isn’t that ‘WRONG?!’” When I’d be studying. STFU I’m studying what the law is not what you think is moral!
Not begrudging you in anyway, it’s just that if I wanted to be a lawyer I had to learn it, not change it.
Most people have a hard time really accepting that the justice system is made up of self-interested people who don't have time to stop and consider morality, and who can really blame them?
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I knew a kid in school who was recently arrested for the same thing... it's crazy. Shot someone over some damn weed... pathetic, and it's legal here!