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- Path: sparky!uunet!caen!sdd.hp.com!hp-col!dag
- From: dag@col.hp.com (David Geiser)
- Subject: Re: Shooting Gettingaway Carjackers Legal?
- Sender: news@col.hp.com (Usenet News)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.202954.16028@col.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:29:54 GMT
- References: <1992Nov21.002211.27696@netcom.com>
- Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
- Lines: 14
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- feustel@netcom.com (David Feustel) writes:
- > Now that carjacking is a federal crime, I'm wondering about the
- > legality of shooting a carjacker as he drives away with his stolen car.
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- $OPINION_WARNING
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- I understand that it is illegal to shoot to protect property,
- only to protect live and/or limb.
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- How about shooting as a lesser evil assuming that the felon will
- fel again?
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