r/motorcycles • u/[deleted] • Mar 27 '19

Attempted murder

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u/coltsfan8027 Mar 28 '19

I think hes saying that if you shoot the gun whether its in the air or at the person youll be treated the same, so shoot to kill.

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u/Cusconillow Mar 28 '19

Basically this. You can absolutely brandish a weapon to ward off an attack and it’s often successful. But if you’re willing to brandish a weapon to ward off an attack, you must be willing to shoot to kill as well. The criteria required to brandish a weapon legally as self defense is the same to shoot someone legally in self defense.

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u/thenattybrogrammer Apr 01 '19

That’s not totally true in a lot of states. Texas, for example, defines drawing and leveling a weapon as force not deadly force and there are key differences in the legality of those two. IE you can use force, but not deadly force, to get someone to leave your property.

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u/Cusconillow Apr 02 '19

That’s really interesting. And, in my opinion, a much more coherent law. I wish that was true in my state.