Let's say that you live in one of the states (only four now)
that do not have some provision for legally carrying a
weapon for self-defense. You are carrying your Colt Cobra
(just like Sgt. Friday) and you save your wife from that you
saved your wife and all the other victims in that robbery
attempt. The local District Attorney is a personal friend of
Sarah Brady and insists on charging you with illegally
carrying a weapon. You hire the best attorney you can,
mortgage the your house and go to court. The judge won't
allow your attorney to present the Constitution or Bill of
Rights into evidence, nor the long criminal record of the
robber you stopped [you didn't know his record before so
your actions were legally based only on what you knew at the
time]. The jury is not told about their powers or your
rights and you're found guilty [very common in Chicago, NYC,
DC and other urban areas, not so common in the West (except
CA)].
Criminals should live in fear of ordinary citizens, not the
other way around. But, the vigilante justice, as seen in
the Charles Bronson movies, is wrong. But that is not
self-defense, self-defense is always the right thing to do
and is legal in every state, even those that do not allow
you to carry the weapon you need to exercise the right to
self-defense. But that is the fault of the people who elect
those legislators who violate the principles of the
Constitution with such laws.

American Jury Institute/Fully Informed Jury Association:
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A non-profit educational association whose mission is to
inform all Americans
about their rights, powers and responsibilties when serving
as trial jurors.
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Fully Informed Jury Association Home Page
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educational organization
dedicated to informing jurors of their rights, particularly
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But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
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James H. Macklin
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"Grumman-581" wrote
in message ...
| "Matt Whiting" wrote in message
| ...
| Saying it is fine and I agree with it. Acting on it
isn't fine.
| Outside of Philly and Pitt, PA isn't much different than
Texas. At one
| time, if you put all of the PA hunters together, we'd
have constituted
| the world's 4 or 5th largest army. However, being rural
and being not
| PC, doesn't mean that murder is right.
|
| Let's say that you live in a state without capital
punishment... Let's say
| that some punk kills your wife / girlfriend / someone
close to you in a
| robbery... Let's say that you saw it, but couldn't do
anything about it at
| the time, but you definitely know who did it... Let's say
that you hunt this
| punk down and kill him... Legally, it's murder, but you
are morally right in
| doing so... Of course, you can't just leave dead bodies
laying around, you
| have to dispose of 'em... It's the ecological thing to do,
ya' know... Hell,
| gators gotta eat too...
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