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- Subject: Re: Killing in defense of possessions?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.140124.2204@brandonu.ca>
- From: mcbeanb@brandonu.ca
- Date: 2 Sep 92 14:01:24 CST
- References: <1992Aug28.200352.20459@ncsu.edu>
- <1992Aug30.153208.20600@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Aug31.124138.2184@brandonu.ca> <1992Sep1.135044.13882@eff.org>
- Organization: Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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- In article <1992Sep1.135044.13882@eff.org>, mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin) writes:
- > In article <1992Aug31.124138.2184@brandonu.ca> mcbeanb@brandonu.ca writes:
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- [thanks for the clarification]
-
- > As you can see, this law doesn't create a defense for you if you decide
- > to shoot someone who's walking away from your house and "might" have
- > taken something. Use of force has its legal limits, and use of deadly force
- > has very strict limitations.
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- Sure this looks all very well, butcha better watch out because I know
- people who think it's legal to kill a man for a burglary he might
- have committed! Better not mess with them Texans!
-
- Brian McBean - McBeanB@BrandonU.Ca
-