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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
According the to following Boston Globe article, a former marine picked up a downed officer's service weapon and shot the killer. Charges were not laid against the former marine.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new..._deadly_in_nh/
I have two questions about this incident for CPers ...
One, are such acts of vigilantism justifiable, and two, would the marine have been charged with assault or illegal use of weapon or some such thing if this story had occurred in Canada? |
According to the article, this was definately not an act of vigilantism, this was an act of self defense.
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The elder Floyd picked up McKay's gun from the ground and ordered Kenney to drop his weapon. Kenney refused, and Floyd saw Kenney appear to be reloading, Conte said. Floyd then shot and killed Kenney, Conte said.
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Kill or be killed. Completely justifiable in this instance.
If this had happened in Canada? Our self defense laws are quite screwy and convoluded that I wouldn't want to be in this situation. You could be charged by the letter of the law I believe.